8 Steeple Road, Latchingdon, Chelmsford CM3 6JX

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 78 m² · Rented (Social) · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

CB for £13,430 · £13,430 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£220 – £250£613.9 yrs+1.5 pts
Low energy lighting£180 – £210£726.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £7,000£13042.3 yrs+3.2 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£16844.8 yrs+4.1 pts · reaches B

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

£1,589
per year at grade C
£1,223
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £366 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £13,430.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Steeple Road: 37 sales since 1995 · £547,294 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Christchurch Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Maylandsea Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Cold Norton Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Ormiston Rivers AcademySecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.70 · well below average (2023/24)
Plume SchoolSecondary4.5 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
William de Ferrers SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below 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.

7.8
crimes a month
86
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021874, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Steeple Road

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
67.4
average score
D
most common grade
+8.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.