Willow Tree Cottage, Buxhall, Stowmarket IP14 3DR

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 130 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

CA for £26,000 · £13,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£4920.3 yrs+5.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£6650+ yrs+7.8 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£5550+ yrs+6.4 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

£1,359
per year at grade C
£1,189
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £170 a year — a 0.7% annual return on £26,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,201 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Drive Cottages: 2 sales since 1995 · £357,625 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Rattlesden Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Woolpit Primary AcademyPrimary2.8 mi
Stowmarket High SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
Stowupland High SchoolSecondary5.4 miAttainment 8 41.1 · no Progress 8 published
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary6.4 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.

9
crimes a month
99
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 52% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030063, 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.