8 Preston Drive, Ipswich IP1 6DR

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 98 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £19,735 · £9,868 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1307.7 yrs+5.6 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9710.3 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£60£610.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£9911.9 yrs+4.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10149.5 yrs+4.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£12150+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches B

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

£1,504
per year at grade D
£950
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £554 a year — a 2.8% annual return on £19,735.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,009 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

7 February 1997£58,500

Estimated today: £317,237 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Preston Drive: 62 sales since 1995 · £264,739 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Pancras Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Beeches Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Castle Hill Infant SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Ormiston Endeavour AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
Northgate High SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.35 · above average (2023/24)
Chantry AcademySecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well 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.

14.2
crimes a month
156
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029976, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Preston Drive

How this home sits against its street.

30
graded homes
62.4
average score
D
most common grade
-1.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.