Willow Cottage, Epping CM16 5HS

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 170 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £12,970 · £12,970 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£70£513.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£11828.7 yrs+4.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£11041.1 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9250+ yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C

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

£2,171
per year at grade D
£1,846
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £325 a year — a 2.5% annual return on £12,970.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,919 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 February 2004£760,000
2 June 1998£361,650

Estimated today: £1,696,182 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Upshire Primary Foundation SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Ivy Chimneys Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Epping Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Epping St John's Church of England SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 0.00 · average (2023/24)
King Harold Business & Enterprise AcademySecondary2.3 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
Davenant Foundation SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.47 · 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.

12.5
crimes a month
138
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021741, 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.