Nixbrix, Bildeston Road, Combs, Stowmarket IP14 2JY

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 83 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £14,600 · £4,867 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,600 – £2,400£4364.6 yrs+11.6 pts · reaches D
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1656.1 yrs+4.4 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£3056.9 yrs+8.1 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£20522.0 yrs+5.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£22122.6 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£17229.1 yrs+4.6 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

£2,727
per year at grade E
£1,224
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,331 a year — a 9.1% annual return on £14,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £2,848 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Bildeston Road: 60 sales since 1995 · £377,811 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Abbot's Hall Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Stowmarket High SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
Stowupland High SchoolSecondary3.4 miAttainment 8 41.1 · no Progress 8 published
Hadleigh High SchoolSecondary8.4 miProgress 8 -0.16 · 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.

5.2
crimes a month
31
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030069, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bildeston Road

How this home sits against its street.

31
graded homes
56.3
average score
D
most common grade
-10.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.