Flat 4, 54, Russell Square, London WC1B 4HR

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1900-1929 · 70 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £9,625 · £9,625 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1700.6 yrs+4.8 pts
Low energy lighting£25£92.8 yrs+0.3 pts
High-performance doors£500£1613.1 yrs+4.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£21841.4 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£7350+ yrs+2.1 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

£1,541
per year at grade D
£911
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £557 a year — a 5.8% annual return on £9,625.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £890 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 December 1998£200,000

Estimated today: £934,634 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Russell Square: 132 sales since 1995 · £1,103,267 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Josephs Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St George the Martyr Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Christopher Hatton Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Maria Fidelis Catholic School FCJSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.58 · well below average (2023/24)
Regent High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above 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.

144
crimes a month
1,584
in the last 12 months
Theft from the person
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01000855, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Russell Square

How this home sits against its street.

55
graded homes
74.4
average score
C
most common grade
-16.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.