Fairfield, Back Road, Ardleigh, Colchester CO7 7TD

Detached house · 2015 · 291 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and underfloor heating, oil

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£5,000 – £8,000£0+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

£980
per year at grade B

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £639 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 September 2014£365,000

Estimated today: £569,327 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Back Road: 5 sales since 1995 · £440,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary1.4 mi
St George's Church of England Primary School, Great BromleyPrimary1.5 mi
Elmstead Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Manningtree High SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Colchester AcademySecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.91 · well below average (2023/24)
The Gilberd SchoolSecondary3.8 miProgress 8 +0.44 · 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.

8
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021972, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Back Road

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
71.7
average score
B
most common grade
+15.3
this home vs street
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