1a Defoe Crescent, Colchester CO4 5LQ

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 74 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £17,670 · £5,890 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£554.1 yrs+2.7 pts · reaches D
Flue gas heat recovery£900£1118.1 yrs+5.5 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1158.7 yrs+5.6 pts
Low energy lighting£45£59.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£429.6 yrs+2.1 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8611.7 yrs+4.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£7037.0 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£10650+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches B

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

£1,510
per year at grade E
£921
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £589 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £17,670.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £885 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 June 2012£145,000
7 May 1999£74,995
8 August 1997£58,000

Estimated today: £261,484 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Defoe Crescent: 127 sales since 1995 · £265,413 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Myland Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Camulos AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Queen Boudica Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
The Trinity SchoolSecondary0.4 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
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.

10.3
crimes a month
113
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035170, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Defoe Crescent

How this home sits against its street.

85
graded homes
67.3
average score
C
most common grade
-13.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.