8 Gresley Drive, Braintree CM7 3BX

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1996-2002 · 43 m² · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation(optional, beyond C)£225typical£2011.1 yrs+0.6 pts
High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond C)£1,000 – £1,500typical£8414.9 yrs+2.4 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£813
per year at grade C
£709
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2009, states £329 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 March 2016£126,000
20 December 2002£72,000

Estimated today: £150,977 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Gresley Drive: 68 sales since 1995 · £185,269 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
John Ray Junior SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
John Ray Infant SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Great Bradfords Junior SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Alec Hunter AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
Tabor AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.41 · 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.

10.5
crimes a month
115
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033458, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Gresley Drive

How this home sits against its street.

31
graded homes
72.6
average score
C
most common grade
+2.4
this home vs street
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