Flat 1, The Old Rectory, Chelmsford CM3 8XD

End-Terrace flat · Built before 1900 · 122 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £14,000 · £14,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£34314.6 yrs+6.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£37024.3 yrs+6.8 pts · reaches C

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

£1,941
per year at grade D
£1,228
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £713 a year — a 5.1% annual return on £14,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £2,035 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 July 2025£695,000
24 August 2022£625,000
12 September 2019£550,000
25 February 2011£495,000
29 February 2008£434,250
22 September 1997£180,000

Estimated today: £675,383 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Abbey Fields: 37 sales since 1995 · £656,833 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
East Hanningfield Church of England Primary AcademyPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Priory Primary School, BicknacrePrimary1.5 mi
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
The Sandon SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
William de Ferrers SchoolSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Great Baddow High SchoolSecondary3.8 miProgress 8 +0.03 · 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.

8.2
crimes a month
82
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021535, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Abbey Fields

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
64.6
average score
D
most common grade
-2.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.