| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar photovoltaic panels | — | £8,000 – £10,000 | £0 | — | +5.0 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
Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £333,121 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Kensington Road: 182 sales since 1995 · £271,096 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Primary School | Primary | 0.3 mi | — |
| King's Ford Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 0.7 mi | — |
| Kings Ford Academy | Primary | 0.7 mi | — |
| Colchester Royal Grammar School | Secondary | 0.6 mi | Progress 8 +1.09 · well above average (2023/24) |
| St Benedict's Catholic College | Secondary | 0.8 mi | Progress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24) |
| Colchester County High School for Girls | Secondary | 0.8 mi | Progress 8 +0.99 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021717, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Kensington Road
How this home sits against its street.