1 Dolphin Close, Thorpeness, Leiston IP16 4BF

End-Terrace house · Built 2003-2006 · 95 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £16,570 · £16,570 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£70£325.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4850+ yrs+4.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£5850+ yrs+5.8 pts · reaches B

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

£1,019
per year at grade C
£910
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £109 a year — a 0.7% annual return on £16,570.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £601 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 October 2006£332,500

Estimated today: £570,436 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dolphin Close: 5 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Leiston Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Coldfair Green Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Aldeburgh Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Alde Valley AcademySecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.33 · below 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.

4.9
crimes a month
49
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030152, 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.