1 Charters, Dunmow CM6 2SJ

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 136 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £16,725 · £16,725 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£317.2 yrs+1.6 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£6550+ yrs+3.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5150+ yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£6150+ yrs+3.2 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

£1,534
per year at grade C
£1,326
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £208 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £16,725.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £960 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 December 2019£560,000
17 April 1998£179,500

Estimated today: £690,000 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Charters: 4 sales since 1995 · £560,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Helena Romanes SchoolAll-through0.5 miProgress 8 -0.38 · below average (2023/24)
Dunmow St Mary's Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Great Dunmow Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Forest Hall SchoolSecondary6.8 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Chelmer Valley High SchoolSecondary8.7 miProgress 8 +0.25 · above average (2023/24)
St John Payne Catholic School, ChelmsfordSecondary9.9 miProgress 8 +0.10 · 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.

7.2
crimes a month
79
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033056, 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.