27 Rossendale, Chelmsford CM1 2UA

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 119 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £21,780 · £10,890 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£20 – £40£1520.2 yrs+3.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,800 – £5,600£35012.0 yrs+7.5 pts · reaches D
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£8412.4 yrs+1.8 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£17742.3 yrs+3.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£16450+ yrs+3.5 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£780 – £910£850+ yrs+0.2 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

£3,236
per year at grade E
£2,301
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £927 a year — a 4.3% annual return on £21,780.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £3,299 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 April 2026£370,000
20 March 1996£67,500

Estimated today: £371,458 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rossendale: 42 sales since 1995 · £396,100 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Westlands Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Oaklands Infant SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Hylands SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.86 · well below average (2023/24)
King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +1.11 · well above average (2023/24)
Moulsham High SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.67 · 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.

26.4
crimes a month
290
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033138, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rossendale

How this home sits against its street.

19
graded homes
63.2
average score
C
most common grade
-13.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.