Highfields Farm House, Fordham Road, West Bergholt CO6 3DP

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 369 m² · Owner-Occupied · Ground source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £4,595 · £4,595 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£95£166.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£33613.4 yrs+3.3 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£36313.8 yrs+3.6 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£39222.9 yrs+3.9 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

£4,579
per year at grade D
£3,472
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £352 a year — a 7.7% annual return on £4,595.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £3,070 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Fordham Road: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West BergholtPrimary1.4 mi
Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
The Trinity SchoolSecondary2.6 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
The Stanway SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
St Helena SchoolSecondary3.6 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.

5.1
crimes a month
46
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021728, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.