Howes Farm Cottage, Stradishall, Newmarket CB8 8PS

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 33 m² · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

GE for £4,250 · £2,125 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£225typical£464.9 yrs+3.1 pts · reaches F
High-retention storage heaters£1,050 – £1,500typical£1916.7 yrs+12.9 pts
Wind turbine£2,750typical£8034.3 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches E
Solar water heating(optional, beyond E)£5,000typical£7550+ yrs+5.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond E)£4,500 – £9,000typical£9050+ yrs+6.1 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond E)£1,200 – £4,900typical£3550+ yrs+2.4 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£1,023
per year at grade G
£506
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £317 a year — a 7.5% annual return on £4,250.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Main Road: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wickhambrook Primary AcademyPrimary1.4 mi
Hundon Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary4.1 mi
Stour Valley Community SchoolSecondary5.0 miProgress 8 -0.14 · average (2023/24)
Samuel Ward AcademySecondary5.7 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Castle Manor AcademySecondary6.5 miProgress 8 -0.13 · 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.

17
crimes a month
187
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034574, 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.