29 The Yard, Braintree CM7 3TY

Detached flat · Built 1996-2002 · 54 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation(optional, beyond C)£100 – £350£524.4 yrs+1.3 pts
High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond C)£1,200 – £1,800£2147.0 yrs+5.5 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£50£510.5 yrs+0.1 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

£1,139
per year at grade C
£869
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £663 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 April 2020£168,000
6 October 2015£141,000
5 March 2001£69,995

Estimated today: £179,137 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Yard: 246 sales since 1995 · £167,544 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 Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Alec Hunter AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
Tabor AcademySecondary1.2 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.

The Yard

How this home sits against its street.

78
graded homes
72.8
average score
C
most common grade
-2.8
this home vs street
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