5 Chester Road, Southwold IP18 6LN

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 213 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £2,100 · £2,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2129.9 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£14231.6 yrs+3.5 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£16650+ yrs+4.0 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£5650+ yrs+1.4 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

£2,568
per year at grade D
£1,991
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £212 a year — a 10.1% annual return on £2,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,527 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 April 2017£950,000
16 December 2011£760,000
18 November 2009£595,000

Estimated today: £1,230,263 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Chester Road: 27 sales since 1995 · £701,917 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Southwold Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Reydon Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Wenhaston Primary SchoolPrimary5.2 mi
Pakefield High SchoolSecondary8.7 miProgress 8 -0.53 · well below average (2023/24)
Alde Valley AcademySecondary9.5 miProgress 8 -0.33 · below average (2023/24)
Beccles High SchoolSecondary9.6 miProgress 8 -1.15 · well 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.

8.5
crimes a month
93
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035154, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Chester Road

How this home sits against its street.

16
graded homes
55.8
average score
D
most common grade
+10.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.