5 Rainbow Road, Matching Tye, Harlow CM17 0QP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 85 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,385
per year at grade E
£850
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £913 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 December 2025£635,000
29 April 2019£470,000
21 December 2016£384,000

Estimated today: £631,224 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rainbow Road: 29 sales since 1995 · £458,425 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, HarlowPrimary1.7 mi
Mark Hall AcademySecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.82 · well below average (2023/24)
Passmores AcademySecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.67 · well below average (2023/24)
LeventhorpeSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.05 · 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.

29.4
crimes a month
323
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021768, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rainbow Road

How this home sits against its street.

42
graded homes
68.9
average score
C
most common grade
-16.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.