30 Second Avenue, Grays RM20 3JB

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 85 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £19,500 · £9,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8911.3 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8250+ yrs+4.6 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6950+ yrs+3.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£9650+ yrs+5.4 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

£1,378
per year at grade D
£1,042
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £336 a year — a 1.7% annual return on £19,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,160 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 August 2005£151,000

Estimated today: £318,350 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Second Avenue: 35 sales since 1995 · £296,250 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
West Thurrock AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
Harris Primary Academy Chafford HundredPrimary0.7 mi
Harris Primary Academy MayflowerPrimary0.7 mi
Harris Academy Chafford HundredSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +1.04 · well above average (2023/24)
Thames Park Secondary SchoolSecondary1.6 miAttainment 8 46.4 · no Progress 8 published
Harris Academy RiversideSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 +0.23 · 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.

27.1
crimes a month
298
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034371, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Second Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

30
graded homes
59.6
average score
D
most common grade
+3.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.