1 Parsonage Grove, Bures CO8 5BU

Detached house · Built 1991-1995 · 153 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CA for £36,500 · £18,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£4550+ yrs+6.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3550+ yrs+5.3 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£4150+ yrs+6.3 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£3750+ yrs+5.6 pts · reaches A

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

£1,611
per year at grade C
£1,453
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £158 a year — a 0.4% annual return on £36,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,132 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 December 2000£205,000

Estimated today: £704,863 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Parsonage Grove: 10 sales since 1995 · £487,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School PebmarshPrimary3.1 mi
Chappel CofE Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary3.4 mi
Thomas Gainsborough SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.21 · above average (2023/24)
The Ramsey Academy, HalsteadSecondary5.5 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Sudbury AcademySecondary5.5 miProgress 8 -0.30 · 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.

6.8
crimes a month
75
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021407, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Parsonage Grove

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
58.5
average score
C
most common grade
+11.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.