Beech Cottage, Beech Lane, Wetherden, Stowmarket IP14 3LT

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 78 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls(optional, beyond D)£220 – £250£386.2 yrs+1.3 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond D)£5,000 – £10,000£10350+ yrs+3.7 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£7,500 – £11,000£11250+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,213
per year at grade D
£960
per year at grade D

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 March 1998£87,500
4 October 1996£71,000

Estimated today: £406,545 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Beech Lane: 7 sales since 1995 · £750,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Elmswell Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Crawford's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Woolpit Primary AcademyPrimary2.0 mi
Stowmarket High SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
Stowupland High SchoolSecondary4.3 miAttainment 8 41.1 · no Progress 8 published
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary5.9 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.

9.3
crimes a month
102
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030056, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Beech Lane

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
57.8
average score
D
most common grade
-1.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.