1 Rosemary Cottages, Epping Road, Waltham Abbey EN9 2DL

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 71 m² · Owner-occupied · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £15,000 · £15,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1516.6 yrs+6.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11742.7 yrs+5.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£16350+ yrs+7.1 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£14050+ yrs+6.1 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

£1,860
per year at grade D
£1,289
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £431 a year — a 2.9% annual return on £15,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £994 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 July 2022£460,000
15 October 2010£247,000
14 April 2010£135,000

Estimated today: £469,359 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Epping Road: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Water Lane Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Milwards Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.9 mi
Katherines Primary Academy and NurseryPrimary1.0 mi
Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, HarlowSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -1.01 · well below average (2023/24)
Sir Frederick Gibberd CollegeSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
St Mark's West Essex Catholic SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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.

12.5
crimes a month
138
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021741, 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.