1 Onslow Cottages, Easthorpe Road, Colchester CO5 9HD

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 84 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £11,838 · £5,919 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1920.1 yrs+4.9 pts
Low energy lighting£15£101.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1072.1 yrs+2.7 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,000 – £3,000£4435.6 yrs+11.3 pts · reaches D
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£1716.9 yrs+4.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£22515.1 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£20821.6 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£17428.7 yrs+4.4 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

£2,958
per year at grade E
£1,429
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,355 a year — a 11.4% annual return on £11,838.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £3,404 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 March 2025£330,000

Estimated today: £335,523 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Easthorpe Road: 21 sales since 1995 · £764,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks TeyPrimary1.3 mi
Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Thurstable SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
The Stanway SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
Honywood SchoolSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.33 · 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.

6.8
crimes a month
41
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035160, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Easthorpe Road

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
48.7
average score
E
most common grade
-9.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.