8 Oaklands, Lowestoft Road, Southwold IP18 6RY

End-Terrace bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 53 m² · Owner-occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DB for £5,048 · £2,524 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£510.4 yrs+3.3 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£288.0 yrs+1.8 pts
High-retention storage heaters£900 – £1,200£1179.0 yrs+7.5 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5916.9 yrs+3.8 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£4950+ yrs+3.2 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£4650+ yrs+3.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£5550+ yrs+3.5 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

£1,269
per year at grade D
£865
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £303 a year — a 6.0% annual return on £5,048.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £670 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 October 2014£119,000
3 July 1997£76,500

Estimated today: £173,852 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Oaklands: 80 sales since 1995 · £187,156 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Reydon Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Southwold Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Wenhaston Primary SchoolPrimary4.9 mi
Pakefield High SchoolSecondary8.1 miProgress 8 -0.53 · well below average (2023/24)
Beccles High SchoolSecondary8.8 miProgress 8 -1.15 · well below average (2023/24)
Sir John Leman High SchoolSecondary9.1 miProgress 8 -0.22 · 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.

5.7
crimes a month
51
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030283, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Oaklands

How this home sits against its street.

27
graded homes
62.1
average score
D
most common grade
+0.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.