3 Bradford Drive, Colchester CO4 5FT

Mid-Terrace house · Built 2003-2006 · 89 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £4,970 · £4,970 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£37.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Party wall insulation£300 – £600£3512.9 yrs+3.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5950+ yrs+5.3 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£5050+ yrs+4.4 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

£1,076
per year at grade C
£929
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £97 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £4,970.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £646 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

7 December 2017£270,000
3 December 2010£195,995
25 November 2005£187,500

Estimated today: £319,572 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bradford Drive: 183 sales since 1995 · £194,152 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Queen Boudica Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Myland Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
North Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.6 mi
St Helena SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
The Trinity SchoolSecondary1.0 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.44 · 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.

13.9
crimes a month
153
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 52% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035175, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bradford Drive

How this home sits against its street.

101
graded homes
77.1
average score
C
most common grade
-4.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.