4 The Ashes, Ashfield, Stowmarket IP14 6NH

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 76 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, wood logs

Upgrade Plan

EC for £17,228 · £8,614 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£811.2 yrs+5.4 pts
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £400£822.5 yrs+5.5 pts
Low energy lighting£20£44.7 yrs+0.3 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£3511.4 yrs+2.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9650+ yrs+6.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7550+ yrs+5.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£8950+ yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£3550+ yrs+2.3 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

£1,259
per year at grade E
£761
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £463 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £17,228.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

8 November 2019£275,000

Estimated today: £321,704 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Ashes: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Earl Soham Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Bedfield Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Sir Robert Hitcham Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Debenham High SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 +0.76 · well above average (2023/24)
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 +0.10 · average (2023/24)
Stradbroke High SchoolSecondary6.7 miProgress 8 +0.37 · above 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.

6
crimes a month
60
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030090, 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.