The Old Workhouse, Old Workhouse Yard, Dunmow CM6 2HB

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 115 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £24,425 · £8,142 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2360.4 yrs+5.4 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1331.7 yrs+3.1 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£3875.4 yrs+8.9 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£17215.1 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£25917.4 yrs+6.0 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£28017.9 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£21723.0 yrs+5.0 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£10148.3 yrs+2.3 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

£3,108
per year at grade E
£1,322
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,786 a year — a 7.3% annual return on £24,425.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £3,230 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 November 2024£480,000
19 September 2005£270,000
3 January 1995£78,000

Estimated today: £504,853 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Old Workhouse Yard: 8 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Helena Romanes SchoolAll-through1.7 miProgress 8 -0.38 · below average (2023/24)
Great Dunmow Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Forest Hall SchoolSecondary5.8 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Joyce Frankland Academy, NewportSecondary8.0 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Saffron Walden County High SchoolSecondary9.0 miProgress 8 +0.28 · above 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.

5.2
crimes a month
47
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022095, 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.