2 Poplar Cottages, Layer Marney, Colchester CO5 9XW

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 67 m² · Rented (Social) · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,651
per year at grade D
£1,239
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £933 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Smythes Green: 12 sales since 1995 · £596,820 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Messing Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Milldene Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Thurstable SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
The Stanway SchoolSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
Paxman AcademySecondary4.5 miProgress 8 -0.17 · 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.

7.7
crimes a month
77
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021643, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Smythes Green

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
71.9
average score
C
most common grade
-15.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.