Dows Cottage, Bures Road, Assington CO10 5NF

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 137 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £17,175 · £8,588 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£75£98.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£12520.8 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£18823.9 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£20424.6 yrs+6.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£15831.7 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£22040.9 yrs+7.3 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

£2,237
per year at grade E
£1,333
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £684 a year — a 4.0% annual return on £17,175.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £2,155 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Bures Road: 7 sales since 1995 · £625,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Wells Hall Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary3.2 mi
Thomas Gainsborough SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.21 · above average (2023/24)
Ormiston Sudbury AcademySecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.30 · below average (2023/24)
The Trinity SchoolSecondary6.5 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.

5.5
crimes a month
55
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029899, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bures Road

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
58.3
average score
E
most common grade
-11.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.