30 Shepherd Drive, Colchester CO4 5BW

End-Terrace house · Built 2003-2006 · 71 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £4,500 · £4,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£2350+ yrs+7.1 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£1950+ yrs+5.9 pts

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

£771
per year at grade C
£729
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £23 a year — a 0.5% annual return on £4,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £454 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 July 2018£247,000
18 May 2018£240,000
23 August 2016£240,000
7 June 2013£175,000
22 June 2007£180,000
22 March 2004£173,950

Estimated today: £293,426 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shepherd Drive: 97 sales since 1995 · £290,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Myland Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Queen Boudica Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Camulos AcademyPrimary0.7 mi
The Trinity SchoolSecondary0.7 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
St Helena SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.31 · 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.

5
crimes a month
55
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035174, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Shepherd Drive

How this home sits against its street.

36
graded homes
74.2
average score
C
most common grade
+2.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.