8 Highfields, Lakenheath, Brandon IP27 9DZ

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 66 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £16,248 · £5,416 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1560.1 yrs+5.6 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£872.6 yrs+3.1 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£3594.2 yrs+12.8 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£16926.7 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£18227.5 yrs+6.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14135.4 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches B

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

£2,199
per year at grade E
£1,106
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,093 a year — a 6.7% annual return on £16,248.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £2,426 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 January 1996£50,000

Estimated today: £281,105 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Highfields: 49 sales since 1995 · £266,150 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Lakenheath Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Iceni Primary AcademyPrimary3.4 mi
Beck Row Primary AcademyPrimary3.7 mi
Breckland SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
Mildenhall College AcademySecondary5.2 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Iceni Secondary AcademySecondary7.6 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.

6.3
crimes a month
63
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029942, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Highfields

How this home sits against its street.

21
graded homes
54
average score
E
most common grade
-11.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.