3 Brennan Close, Cold Norton, Chelmsford CM3 6SZ

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 146 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

ED for £3,750 · £3,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1345.2 yrs+6.9 pts
Low energy lighting£50£68.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£10428.8 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£8,000 – £0£12432.2 yrs+6.4 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

£1,719
per year at grade E
£1,351
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £244 a year — a 6.5% annual return on £3,750.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

16 August 2023£685,000
7 July 2017£585,000
8 December 2004£382,000
14 January 2000£220,000
26 June 1998£192,000

Estimated today: £667,028 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Brennan Close: 15 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Cold Norton Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Purleigh Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Christchurch Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
William de Ferrers SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Plume SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
Lift GreenswardSecondary4.6 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.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.