42a Preston Road, Clacton-On-Sea CO15 5JX

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 74 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £16,173 · £8,087 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£23 – £300typical£1681.0 yrs+5.5 pts
Loft insulation£225typical£932.4 yrs+3.1 pts
Low energy lighting£23 – £50typical£94.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Heating controls£400typical£725.6 yrs+2.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,000typical£1476.8 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,600typical£12121.5 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating£5,000typical£15232.8 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£4,500 – £9,000typical£18237.1 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches C

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

£1,932
per year at grade E
£989
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £943 a year — a 5.8% annual return on £16,173.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2010, states £1,184 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 May 2010£175,000

Estimated today: £294,489 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

No school in the register within reach of this postcode.

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