7 Albany Close, West Bergholt, Colchester CO6 3LE

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 65 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £16,500 · £16,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£6850+ yrs+4.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£6350+ yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C

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

£1,300
per year at grade D
£1,169
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £131 a year — a 0.8% annual return on £16,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £1,198 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 May 2018£315,000
8 August 2014£249,950
30 July 2012£195,000
30 June 1999£80,000

Estimated today: £364,374 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Albany Close: 21 sales since 1995 · £356,786 average over 10 years

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 BergholtPrimary0.3 mi
Braiswick Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
The Trinity SchoolSecondary1.4 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
St Helena SchoolSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24)
St Benedict's Catholic CollegeSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above 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.

Albany Close

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
64.3
average score
D
most common grade
-1.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.