1 Field View Close, Colchester CO4 5HD

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 135 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £2,250 · £2,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1128.9 yrs+4.3 pts
Low energy lighting£50£510.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£4029.7 yrs+1.6 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)£2,200 – £3,000£6937.9 yrs+2.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£10343.5 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£8750+ yrs+3.3 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

£1,852
per year at grade D
£1,436
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £157 a year — a 7.0% annual return on £2,250.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,185 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 March 2020£427,500
18 December 2009£285,000
23 November 2001£208,000
24 September 1999£160,000

Estimated today: £499,975 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Fieldview Close: 22 sales since 1995 · £456,250 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Myland Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Camulos AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Queen Boudica Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
The Trinity SchoolSecondary0.7 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
St Helena SchoolSecondary1.4 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.

35.5
crimes a month
391
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035173, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Fieldview Close

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
67.8
average score
C
most common grade
-4.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.