1 Pinecroft, Hutton, Brentwood CM13 2PG

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 164 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £2,100 · £2,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£16113.1 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£105£520.6 yrs+0.1 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)£2,200 – £3,000£7236.3 yrs+1.9 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£11642.9 yrs+3.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£9050+ yrs+2.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£10850+ yrs+2.9 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

£2,114
per year at grade D
£1,562
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £161 a year — a 7.7% annual return on £2,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,325 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 May 2025£1,295,000
31 March 2003£640,000
9 July 2002£595,000

Estimated today: £1,280,086 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Pinecroft: 6 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Long Ridings Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Willowbrook Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Shenfield High SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.30 · below average (2023/24)
St Martin's School BrentwoodSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.01 · average (2023/24)
Becket Keys Church of England Free SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.42 · 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.

4.8
crimes a month
29
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021455, 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.