Fridays, Little Bardfield, Braintree CM7 4TW

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 245 m² · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £23,880 · £11,940 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£30£112.7 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2504.0 yrs+4.7 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1875.4 yrs+3.5 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£20713.3 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£15416.9 yrs+2.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£19425.8 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£23149.7 yrs+4.3 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

£2,985
per year at grade D
£1,751
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,234 a year — a 5.2% annual return on £23,880.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £2,183 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Great Bardfield Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary AcademyPrimary1.8 mi
Wethersfield CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Tabor AcademySecondary7.0 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Hedingham School and Sixth FormSecondary7.6 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormSecondary8.3 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.

8.1
crimes a month
81
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022092, 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.