Zander, The Cut, Tiptree, Colchester CO5 0TR

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 87 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters, Boiler and radiators, coal

Upgrade Plan

FD for £12,628 · £6,314 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2080.1 yrs+4.7 pts
Low energy lighting£30£112.8 yrs+0.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,000 – £3,000£4785.2 yrs+10.9 pts · reaches E
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1815.5 yrs+4.1 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£1846.4 yrs+4.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£24314.0 yrs+5.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£22520.0 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£18826.5 yrs+4.3 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

£4,062
per year at grade F
£2,344
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,530 a year — a 12.1% annual return on £12,628.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £4,241 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 January 2025£235,000

Estimated today: £235,000 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Cut: 8 sales since 1995 · £370,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Milldene Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Baynards Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Thurstable SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
Lift New RickstonesSecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.43 · below average (2023/24)
Lift MaltingsSecondary5.0 miProgress 8 -0.64 · well 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.

3.8
crimes a month
38
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021724, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Cut

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
48
average score
E
most common grade
-23.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.