Walnut Tree Cottage, Ardleigh Road, Dedham, Colchester CO7 6EE

Detached house · Built 2007 onwards · 153 m² · Owner-occupied · Air source heat pump, underfloor, electric

Upgrade Plan

CB for £2,820 · £2,820 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£70£322.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£6045.9 yrs+3.5 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£5650+ yrs+3.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£6750+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,619
per year at grade C
£1,433
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £63 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £2,820.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £894 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 September 2009£325,051

Estimated today: £611,558 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ardleigh Road: 41 sales since 1995 · £582,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary1.3 mi
Langham Primary AcademyPrimary1.3 mi
East Bergholt High SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
Manningtree High SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.15 · 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.

7.8
crimes a month
86
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 52% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021655, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ardleigh Road

How this home sits against its street.

26
graded homes
48.4
average score
E
most common grade
+29.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.