Fardings Farm, Terling, Chelmsford CM3 2AL

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 148 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EB for £28,500 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1580.6 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£17326.0 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£18726.7 yrs+6.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14534.4 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£20244.5 yrs+6.9 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£6850+ yrs+2.3 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

£2,029
per year at grade E
£1,096
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £933 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £28,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,310 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Witham Oaks AcademyPrimary1.6 mi
Acorn AcademyPrimary1.6 mi
Lift MaltingsSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.64 · well below average (2023/24)
Lift New RickstonesSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -0.43 · below average (2023/24)
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormSecondary4.7 miProgress 8 -0.11 · 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.

6.9
crimes a month
76
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021348, 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.