Howes Farm, Stradishall, Newmarket CB8 8PS

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 135 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DA for £32,280 · £10,760 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£494.6 yrs+3.0 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£55£412.3 yrs+0.3 pts
High-performance doors£3,500 – £500£8224.5 yrs+5.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£10248.9 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7950+ yrs+4.9 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£8550+ yrs+5.3 pts · reaches A

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

£1,763
per year at grade D
£1,362
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £401 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £32,280.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,064 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

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.