Gracecot, Osprey Close, Stanway, Colchester CO3 8WA

Semi-Detached house · 2018 · 113 m² · Unknown · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

BA for £11,500 · £11,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3250+ yrs+4.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£3950+ yrs+5.4 pts · reaches A

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

£683
per year at grade B
£612
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £71 a year — a 0.6% annual return on £11,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £439 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 August 2024£335,000
5 February 2021£310,000
26 January 2018£299,950

Estimated today: £345,302 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Osprey Close: 26 sales since 1995 · £325,508 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Lakelands Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Stanway Fiveways Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Stanway Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
The Stanway SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
Paxman AcademySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Philip Morant School and CollegeSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.13 · 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.

13.5
crimes a month
148
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021722, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Osprey Close

How this home sits against its street.

20
graded homes
81.3
average score
B
most common grade
+2.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.