2 Shellpit Cottages, Thorpeness, Leiston IP16 4PG

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 129 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EA for £48,415 · £12,104 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£62.5 yrs+0.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£12934.8 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£14035.8 yrs+8.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10846.1 yrs+6.7 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£15150+ yrs+9.3 pts · reaches B
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£5150+ yrs+3.1 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£11650+ yrs+7.1 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

£2,039
per year at grade E
£1,338
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £701 a year — a 1.4% annual return on £48,415.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,293 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 May 2025£560,000
5 May 2005£132,500

Estimated today: £570,370 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shellpit Cottages: 7 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Leiston Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Coldfair Green Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Aldeburgh Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Alde Valley AcademySecondary1.2 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.