Old House, Dedham Road, Colchester CO4 5PY

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 313 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £21,900 · £10,950 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£3579.5 yrs+5.8 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£33113.6 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£27718.0 yrs+4.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£38623.3 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches C

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

£3,787
per year at grade E
£2,436
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,351 a year — a 6.2% annual return on £21,900.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £4,290 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Langham Primary AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
Stratford St Mary Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Boxted St Peter's Church of England SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
East Bergholt High SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
The Trinity SchoolSecondary4.0 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

7.8
crimes a month
86
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 52% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021655, 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.