225 Witchards, Basildon SS16 5BJ

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1950-1966 · 42 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,015 · £1,015 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£34.9 yrs+0.1 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£5318.9 yrs+2.1 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£7150+ yrs+2.8 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£7650+ yrs+3.0 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

£783
per year at grade D
£580
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £56 a year — a 5.5% annual return on £1,015.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £501 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 January 2026£155,000
25 November 2016£147,000
5 September 2014£89,000
31 January 2003£76,000
4 October 1999£35,500

Estimated today: £154,338 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Witchards: 182 sales since 1995 · £283,212 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kingswood Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.1 mi
Cherry Tree Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Fairhouse Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Woodlands SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
De La Salle SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.20 · average (2023/24)
The Basildon Lower AcademySecondary1.2 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

14.6
crimes a month
161
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034357, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Witchards

How this home sits against its street.

169
graded homes
68.8
average score
C
most common grade
-1.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.