68 Nicholsons Grove, Colchester CO1 2XT

Not Recorded flat · Built 1996-2002 · 42 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£874
per year at grade C

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

Sold prices

29 May 2003£74,000

Estimated today: £131,717 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Nicholsons Grove: 284 sales since 1995 · £142,747 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, ColchesterPrimary0.1 mi
St James the Great Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St John's Green Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Helena SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
Colchester Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +1.09 · well above average (2023/24)
Colchester AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.91 · well 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.

126.7
crimes a month
1,394
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035158, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Nicholsons Grove

How this home sits against its street.

112
graded homes
66.8
average score
D
most common grade
+7.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.