79 Greenstead Road, Colchester CO1 2SY

End-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 68 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation(optional, beyond D)£225typical£435.2 yrs+1.6 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£20 – £45typical£48.2 yrs+0.1 pts
Cavity wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£1,000typical£6714.8 yrs+2.5 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£5,000typical£7050+ yrs+2.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£4,500 – £9,000typical£8450+ yrs+3.1 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

£1,259
per year at grade D
£991
per year at grade D

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2009, states £759 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 March 2012£123,000
25 June 2004£124,995
26 November 2001£71,500

Estimated today: £220,261 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Greenstead Road: 526 sales since 1995 · £190,679 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St James the Great Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Unity Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Willow Brook Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.6 mi
Colchester AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.91 · well below average (2023/24)
St Helena SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
Colchester Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +1.09 · well above 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.

11.7
crimes a month
129
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021706, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Greenstead Road

How this home sits against its street.

223
graded homes
62
average score
D
most common grade
-4.0
this home vs street
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