Woodcroft, Bures CO8 5DU

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 169 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FD for £28,100 · £14,050 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£15217.1 yrs+4.7 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£24720.3 yrs+7.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£19126.1 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£22828.5 yrs+7.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£26733.7 yrs+8.3 pts · reaches D
Double glazing(optional, beyond D)£3,300 – £6,500£8950+ yrs+2.8 pts
Wind turbine(optional, beyond D)£15,000 – £25,000£20550+ yrs+6.4 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

£3,750
per year at grade F
£2,371
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,085 a year — a 3.9% annual return on £28,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £2,986 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 March 2016£525,000

Estimated today: £710,377 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School PebmarshPrimary1.6 mi
Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
The Ramsey Academy, HalsteadSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)
Thomas Gainsborough SchoolSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 +0.21 · above average (2023/24)
Ormiston Sudbury AcademySecondary5.4 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.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.