7 Lancaster Close, Methwold, Thetford IP26 4NZ

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 92 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £3,700 · £3,700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£759.3 yrs+6.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£7043.1 yrs+5.8 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£5850+ yrs+4.9 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

£1,198
per year at grade D
£995
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £145 a year — a 3.9% annual return on £3,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £779 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 March 2021£225,000
9 July 2010£130,000
4 May 2001£85,000
11 December 1997£66,000

Estimated today: £250,629 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lancaster Close: 20 sales since 1995 · £205,056 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 SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Norman Church of England Primary School, NorthwoldPrimary1.8 mi
Edmund de Moundeford VC Primary School, FeltwellPrimary2.6 mi
Iceni Secondary AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.73 · well below average (2023/24)
Breckland SchoolSecondary5.9 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.

Lancaster Close

How this home sits against its street.

13
graded homes
54.9
average score
D
most common grade
+5.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.