31 The Orchard, Brandon IP27 0HR

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 68 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £6,750 · £6,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Change of heating system£3,500 – £10,000£55012.3 yrs+10.2 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£19338.9 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£17850+ yrs+3.3 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

£1,767
per year at grade D
£846
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £550 a year — a 8.1% annual return on £6,750.

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

Sold prices

5 October 2017£125,000
17 February 2014£119,950
23 May 2011£109,000
4 April 1996£46,000

Estimated today: £151,543 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Orchard: 94 sales since 1995 · £118,398 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Forest AcademyPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Glade AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Weeting Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Breckland SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
The Thetford AcademySecondary5.8 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
Iceni Secondary AcademySecondary6.1 miProgress 8 -0.73 · 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.

21.1
crimes a month
232
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 52% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029927, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Orchard

How this home sits against its street.

38
graded homes
64.7
average score
D
most common grade
-5.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.