Rectory Cottage, Ipswich Road, Helmingham, Stowmarket IP14 6EQ

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 67 m² · Rented (private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

GC for £30,453 · £7,613 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£3310.1 yrs+7.4 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£3270.3 yrs+7.3 pts
High-retention storage heaters£900 – £1,200£7631.4 yrs+17.0 pts · reaches F
Low energy lighting£30£171.8 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3872.6 yrs+8.6 pts · reaches E
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£3218.6 yrs+7.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£30116.6 yrs+6.7 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£41921.5 yrs+9.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£35932.1 yrs+8.0 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£14034.9 yrs+3.1 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

£4,925
per year at grade G
£1,560
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £3,225 a year — a 10.6% annual return on £30,453.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £2,692 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Ipswich Road: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Helmingham Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.9 mi
Otley Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Witnesham Primary SchoolPrimary3.4 mi
Debenham High SchoolSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 +0.76 · well above average (2023/24)
Claydon High SchoolSecondary5.9 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormSecondary6.5 miProgress 8 +0.10 · 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
65
in the last 12 months
Burglary
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030057, 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.