Brookside Cottage, Braintree Road, Wethersfield, Braintree CM7 4BX

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 91 m² · Electric underfloor heating

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond F)£23£39.1 yrs+0.0 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond F)£1,000 – £1,500£2150+ yrs+0.2 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond F)£5,500 – £14,500£6350+ yrs+0.7 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

£1,960
per year at grade F
£1,874
per year at grade F

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2011, states £893 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 September 2020£342,000
16 December 2011£330,000
8 August 2006£248,000
2 February 2004£237,000
3 May 2002£205,000

Estimated today: £393,771 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Braintree Road: 50 sales since 1995 · £499,286 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wethersfield CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Shalford Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary AcademyPrimary2.0 mi
Hedingham School and Sixth FormSecondary4.8 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Tabor AcademySecondary4.9 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormSecondary6.4 miProgress 8 -0.11 · 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.

4.9
crimes a month
44
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021413, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Braintree Road

How this home sits against its street.

23
graded homes
40.1
average score
F
most common grade
-17.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.