3 Linkside, Chigwell IG7 5DN

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 133 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £6,690 · £6,690 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£44.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8611.7 yrs+3.7 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£6518.1 yrs+2.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£7950+ yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£6650+ yrs+2.9 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

£1,929
per year at grade D
£1,629
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £234 a year — a 3.5% annual return on £6,690.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,172 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 September 2021£850,000

Estimated today: £918,262 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Linkside: 15 sales since 1995 · £972,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Limes Farm Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Limes Farm Infant School and NurseryPrimary0.3 mi
Fairlop Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
West Hatch High SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
King Solomon High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above average (2023/24)
Ilford County High SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.87 · well 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.

10.2
crimes a month
102
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021767, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Linkside

How this home sits against its street.

5
graded homes
64
average score
C
most common grade
-3.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.