5 Westerings, Purleigh, Chelmsford CM3 6PG

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 147 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £4,600 · £4,600 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£4,000 – £0£6232.2 yrs+2.9 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£4850+ yrs+2.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£7250+ yrs+3.4 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£7850+ yrs+3.6 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£6050+ yrs+2.8 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

£1,475
per year at grade D
£1,155
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £110 a year — a 2.4% annual return on £4,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,627 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 February 2018£490,000
30 August 2011£309,500
13 July 2004£231,750

Estimated today: £563,588 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Westerings: 27 sales since 1995 · £439,250 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Purleigh Community Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Cold Norton Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Limebrook Primary School and NurseryPrimary2.0 mi
Plume SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
William de Ferrers SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Lift GreenswardSecondary5.6 miProgress 8 -0.08 · 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.

4.8
crimes a month
43
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021903, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Westerings

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
56
average score
D
most common grade
+8.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.