Helenium, Southend Road, Howe Green, Chelmsford CM2 7TD

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 111 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £11,215 · £5,608 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£763.0 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1606.3 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£586.9 yrs+2.3 pts
Low energy lighting£90£712.9 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£14830.5 yrs+6.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12440.4 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£17350+ yrs+7.0 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

£1,817
per year at grade E
£1,072
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £572 a year — a 5.1% annual return on £11,215.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,593 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 July 2025£500,000

Estimated today: £494,071 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Southend Road: 90 sales since 1995 · £690,341 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
East Hanningfield Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary1.6 mi
Baddow Hall Infant SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Baddow Hall Junior SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
The Sandon SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Great Baddow High SchoolSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.03 · average (2023/24)
Moulsham High SchoolSecondary3.0 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.

8
crimes a month
80
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021571, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Southend Road

How this home sits against its street.

40
graded homes
65.6
average score
C
most common grade
-18.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.