40 Santon Downham, Brandon IP27 0TG

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 104 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters, Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

GD for £13,298 · £4,433 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2940.1 yrs+4.9 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2900.3 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches F
High-retention storage heaters£1,600 – £2,400£6773.0 yrs+11.3 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£4744.4 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches E
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£2614.5 yrs+4.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£3449.9 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£31814.1 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£26718.8 yrs+4.5 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond D)£3,300 – £6,500£12439.4 yrs+2.1 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

£5,382
per year at grade G
£2,334
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £2,657 a year — a 20.0% annual return on £13,298.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £5,313 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 July 2023£253,000

Estimated today: £259,338 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Glade AcademyPrimary1.8 mi
Forest AcademyPrimary2.0 mi
Weeting Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Breckland SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
The Thetford AcademySecondary4.2 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
Iceni Secondary AcademySecondary6.6 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.

13.2
crimes a month
132
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029928, 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.