Flat 3rd Floor, 8 Old Square, London WC2A 3SP

End-Terrace flat · Built before 1900 · 80 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

GC for £12,300 · £3,075 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£150 – £250£4590.4 yrs+10.9 pts · reaches F
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £2,400£1,0731.7 yrs+25.4 pts · reaches E
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£2594.0 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£58915.7 yrs+13.9 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£4,500 – £6,000£19726.6 yrs+4.7 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

£3,807
per year at grade G
£1,229
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,381 a year — a 19.4% annual return on £12,300.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £3,763 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Alban's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Clement Danes CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Josephs Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
London Nautical, City of London AcademySecondary0.7 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
Haberdashers' Borough AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.23 · 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.

139.6
crimes a month
1,536
in the last 12 months
Other theft
most common · 22% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01000914, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.