229 Barnard Road, Chelmsford CM2 8RU

End-Terrace house · Built 1967-1975 · 90 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £30 · £30 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£20 – £40£370.8 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Flat roof insulation(optional, beyond C)£900 – £1,200£3331.6 yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£4450+ yrs+4.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£4150+ yrs+3.7 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

£1,418
per year at grade D
£1,263
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £37 a year — a 123.3% annual return on £30.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,311 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 January 2026£300,000

Estimated today: £303,900 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Barnard Road: 207 sales since 1995 · £258,004 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Galleywood Infant SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Mildmay Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Great Baddow High SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.03 · average (2023/24)
Moulsham High SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.67 · well above average (2023/24)
The Sandon SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.15 · 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.

6.6
crimes a month
73
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021554, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Barnard Road

How this home sits against its street.

187
graded homes
68.3
average score
C
most common grade
-2.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.