17 Sonters Down, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford CM3 8EU

End-Terrace flat · Built 1976-1982 · 64 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £4,510 · £4,510 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£10£101.0 yrs+0.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£13611.1 yrs+5.7 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£22113.6 yrs+9.3 pts · reaches C
Shower heat recovery(optional, beyond C)£725£3620.0 yrs+1.5 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

£950
per year at grade D
£548
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £366 a year — a 8.1% annual return on £4,510.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £565 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

7 June 2024£175,000
23 May 2014£131,000
25 October 2013£97,000

Estimated today: £173,381 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sonters Down: 58 sales since 1995 · £233,654 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Rettendon Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Luke's Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Hilltop Junior SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Beauchamps High SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
William de Ferrers SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
The Bromfords SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 -0.50 · 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.

17.6
crimes a month
194
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034088, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sonters Down

How this home sits against its street.

22
graded homes
58.7
average score
D
most common grade
+2.3
this home vs street
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