Chalk Cottage, 10 Millgate Street, Methwold IP26 4NY

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 51 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £2,400 · £2,400 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,600 – £3,200£21911.0 yrs+11.6 pts · reaches C
Shower heat recovery(optional, beyond C)£600 – £1,500£1850+ yrs+1.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£10350+ yrs+5.4 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

£1,374
per year at grade D
£1,034
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £219 a year — a 9.1% annual return on £2,400.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 June 2021£180,000
28 September 2017£158,000
24 November 2008£127,000
31 March 2006£115,000
29 November 2002£18,000

Estimated today: £196,961 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Millgate Street: 16 sales since 1995 · £201,375 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Norman Church of England Primary School, NorthwoldPrimary1.8 mi
Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, FeltwellPrimary2.7 mi
Iceni Secondary AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.73 · well below average (2023/24)
Breckland SchoolSecondary6.0 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
The Nicholas Hamond AcademySecondary9.8 miProgress 8 -0.55 · 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.

10.5
crimes a month
105
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01026651, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Millgate Street

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
55.3
average score
D
most common grade
+6.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.