3 Estuary Close, Mile End, Colchester CO4 5GH

End-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 74 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £7,600 · £7,600 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£5617.8 yrs+3.1 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£10420.2 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£7050+ yrs+3.8 pts · reaches B
Floor insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£7550+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£5850+ yrs+3.2 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

£1,089
per year at grade C
£725
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £230 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £7,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,503 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 January 2008£174,000
22 April 2005£145,000

Estimated today: £278,573 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Estuary Close: 7 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Myland Community Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Queen Boudica Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Camulos AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
The Trinity SchoolSecondary0.4 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
St Helena SchoolSecondary1.3 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.

15.2
crimes a month
167
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035171, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.