7 Dowson Close, London SE5 8AS

End-Terrace flat · Built 1930-1949 · 56 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £5,000 · £5,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£12539.9 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£13650+ yrs+5.2 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£841
per year at grade D
£580
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £125 a year — a 2.5% annual return on £5,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £530 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 December 2000£97,999

Estimated today: £302,137 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dowson Close: 16 sales since 1995 · £337,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bessemer Grange Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Grove Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Charter School North DulwichSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
The Charter School East DulwichSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.19 · average (2023/24)
Ark Evelyn Grace AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.46 · below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

18.5
crimes a month
148
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 17% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01004048, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dowson Close

How this home sits against its street.

16
graded homes
69.9
average score
C
most common grade
-2.9
this home vs street
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