18 Manchester Road, Ipswich IP2 9PS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 71 m² · Owner-occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

FB for £23,278 · £5,819 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2140.1 yrs+5.8 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1191.9 yrs+3.2 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£30£112.7 yrs+0.3 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,500 – £2,000£4943.5 yrs+13.4 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2514.0 yrs+6.8 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1875.3 yrs+5.1 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£20813.2 yrs+5.7 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£19525.7 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£23249.6 yrs+6.3 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

£3,007
per year at grade F
£1,096
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,911 a year — a 8.2% annual return on £23,278.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,644 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Manchester Road: 30 sales since 1995 · £224,450 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Gusford Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Sprites Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
The Oaks Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Chantry AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well below average (2023/24)
Stoke High School - Ormiston AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Ipswich AcademySecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.54 · 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.

5.3
crimes a month
58
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 66% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030016, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Manchester Road

How this home sits against its street.

55
graded homes
68.6
average score
C
most common grade
-35.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.