8 Dhobi Place, Ipswich IP1 4QA

Semi-Detached house · Built 2003-2006 · 66 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £5,335 · £5,335 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£565.3 yrs+5.6 pts
Low energy lighting£35£312.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5150+ yrs+5.1 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£6150+ yrs+6.1 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

£869
per year at grade C
£698
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £110 a year — a 2.1% annual return on £5,335.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £599 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 June 2016£172,000
29 September 2014£149,500
8 January 2007£145,000
23 May 2002£97,995

Estimated today: £227,654 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dhobi Place: 56 sales since 1995 · £225,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Handford Hall Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Springfield Infant School and NurseryPrimary0.2 mi
Springfield Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Chantry AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well below average (2023/24)
Ormiston Endeavour AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
Stoke High School - Ormiston AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below 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.

40.6
crimes a month
447
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030022, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dhobi Place

How this home sits against its street.

24
graded homes
71.6
average score
C
most common grade
-0.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.