The Chestnuts, Smallworth Common, Garboldisham, Diss IP22 2QP

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 220 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £32,050 · £10,683 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2560.4 yrs+4.6 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3043.3 yrs+5.4 pts
Low energy lighting£100£137.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£25210.9 yrs+4.5 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£18713.9 yrs+3.3 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£23621.2 yrs+4.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£32927.4 yrs+5.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£28140.9 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£11044.5 yrs+2.0 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

£4,199
per year at grade F
£2,231
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,858 a year — a 5.8% annual return on £32,050.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £3,234 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 September 2014£642,500
16 July 2013£604,000
8 October 2004£495,000
16 October 2000£297,500
12 July 1995£166,000

Estimated today: £1,014,091 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Smallworth Common: 23 sales since 1995 · £344,525 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Garboldisham Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Hopton Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary1.3 mi
St Andrew's CofE VA Primary School, LophamPrimary2.3 mi
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary7.4 miProgress 8 -0.82 · well below average (2023/24)
Old Buckenham High SchoolSecondary7.8 miProgress 8 0.00 · average (2023/24)
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary11.0 miProgress 8 -0.16 · 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.

6.1
crimes a month
49
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01026441, to 2026-05. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Smallworth Common

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
44.5
average score
E
most common grade
-6.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.