4 Windmill Close, Boxted, Colchester CO4 5SA

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 139 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,325 · £7,325 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£643.5 yrs+2.5 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£8231.5 yrs+3.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£12436.2 yrs+4.9 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£13437.3 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£10448.0 yrs+4.1 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

£1,654
per year at grade D
£1,145
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £271 a year — a 3.7% annual return on £7,325.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,098 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 August 2020£470,000
10 April 1996£155,000

Estimated today: £543,670 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Windmill Close: 27 sales since 1995 · £461,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Boxted St Peter's Church of England SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Langham Primary AcademyPrimary1.6 mi
Camulos AcademyPrimary1.9 mi
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
The Trinity SchoolSecondary2.2 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
St Helena SchoolSecondary3.7 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.

6.3
crimes a month
69
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021659, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Windmill Close

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
63.3
average score
D
most common grade
-4.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.