5 The Brambles, Southminster CM0 7JS

Detached house · Built 1991-1995 · 170 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £9,628 · £9,628 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£225typical£514.4 yrs+1.0 pts
Low energy lighting£30 – £75typical£511.1 yrs+0.1 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,600typical£6639.3 yrs+1.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£4,500 – £9,000typical£10050+ yrs+1.9 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£2,750 – £20,000typical£8950+ yrs+1.7 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£1,990
per year at grade D
£1,679
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £222 a year — a 2.3% annual return on £9,628.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2011, states £1,279 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 September 2013£317,000
3 November 2006£294,000
31 October 2001£220,000
21 May 1999£172,995

Estimated today: £549,201 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Brambles: 11 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-CrouchPrimary1.5 mi
Burnham-on-Crouch Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Ormiston Rivers AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.70 · well below average (2023/24)
Cecil Jones AcademySecondary8.3 miProgress 8 -0.75 · well below average (2023/24)
Southend High School for GirlsSecondary8.7 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well 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.

8.1
crimes a month
89
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021906, 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.