Cartref, Old Ipswich Road, Dedham, Colchester CO7 6HU

Detached bungalow · Built 1983-1990 · 238 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

C → B for £8,800 · £8,800 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Double glazing—£1,000 – £1,400£1448.3 yrs+2.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler—£2,200 – £3,000£24510.6 yrs+4.4 pts
Floor insulation—£4,000 – £6,000£39912.5 yrs+7.1 pts · reaches B

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

£2,434
per year at grade C
£1,646
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £788 a year — a 9.0% annual return on £8,800.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,489 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 November 2005£685,000

Estimated today: £1,278,667 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Old Ipswich Road: 8 sales since 1995 · £631,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Langham Primary AcademyPrimary0.7 mi—
Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary1.5 mi—
Boxted St Peter's Church of England SchoolPrimary1.9 mi—
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24)
Colchester AcademySecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.91 · well below average (2023/24)
The Trinity SchoolSecondary3.0 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

Old Ipswich Road

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
49
average score
D
most common grade
+25.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.