1 Barn Meadow, Shimpling, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 4HE

Semi-Detached house · Built 2003-2006 · 91 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £12,005 · £6,003 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Party wall insulation£300 – £600£469.7 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£55£414.8 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6650+ yrs+5.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£7950+ yrs+6.1 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

£1,083
per year at grade D
£888
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £195 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £12,005.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £606 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 November 2019£315,000
27 May 2005£204,995

Estimated today: £370,070 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Barn Meadow: 11 sales since 1995 · £404,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, LawshallPrimary1.0 mi
Hartest Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Cockfield Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Ormiston Sudbury AcademySecondary6.4 miProgress 8 -0.30 · below average (2023/24)
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary7.3 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
King Edward VI CEVC SchoolSecondary7.8 miProgress 8 -0.10 · 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.

7.5
crimes a month
30
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029881, 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.