18 Brickmakers Lane, Colchester CO4 5WP

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 109 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£15£35.7 yrs+0.1 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond D)£1,500 – £3,500£3750+ yrs+0.8 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£4750+ yrs+1.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£11,000 – £20,000£5650+ yrs+1.2 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

£1,488
per year at grade D
£1,345
per year at grade D

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £903 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 May 2017£375,000
11 May 2012£250,000
31 August 2001£143,000
12 September 1997£94,000

Estimated today: £450,758 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Brickmakers Lane: 62 sales since 1995 · £335,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Queen Boudica Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
North Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.6 mi
Myland Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
St Helena SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
The Trinity SchoolSecondary1.1 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.

16.9
crimes a month
186
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035176, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Brickmakers Lane

How this home sits against its street.

16
graded homes
69.9
average score
C
most common grade
-4.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.