5 Riverside, Northwold, Thetford IP26 5NG

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 143 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

ED for £14,520 · £14,520 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£63.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£12536.1 yrs+5.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£13537.1 yrs+5.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10547.8 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches D
Double glazing(optional, beyond D)£3,300 – £6,500£4950+ 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

£2,258
per year at grade E
£1,839
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £370 a year — a 2.5% annual return on £14,520.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,397 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 June 2025£353,500
14 October 2011£325,000
26 February 1998£120,000

Estimated today: £370,656 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Riverside: 3 sales since 1995 · £353,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Norman Church of England Primary School, NorthwoldPrimary0.2 mi
Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Gooderstone Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary3.2 mi
Iceni Secondary AcademySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.73 · well below average (2023/24)
Breckland SchoolSecondary7.0 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
The Nicholas Hamond AcademySecondary7.9 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.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.