73 The Lowe, Chigwell IG7 4LR

End-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 138 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £20,075 · £10,038 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£547.4 yrs+1.7 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£11310.4 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£13732.8 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£14833.7 yrs+4.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£16050+ yrs+5.0 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

£1,842
per year at grade D
£1,229
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £613 a year — a 3.1% annual return on £20,075.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,166 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 February 2007£228,000
24 June 2002£65,000

Estimated today: £489,366 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Lowe: 90 sales since 1995 · £377,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Coppice Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Manford Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
John Bramston Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Forest AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.11 · average (2023/24)
King Solomon High SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above average (2023/24)
West Hatch High SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.24 · 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.

7.9
crimes a month
87
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01003727, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Lowe

How this home sits against its street.

58
graded homes
62.5
average score
D
most common grade
+0.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.