The Spinney, Donkey Lane, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 4QU

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 204 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £12,100 · £12,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6539.7 yrs+2.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£9945.7 yrs+3.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£10647.0 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£8350+ yrs+2.8 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

£2,133
per year at grade D
£1,780
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £270 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £12,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,349 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 August 2022£617,500

Estimated today: £594,096 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Donkey Lane: 10 sales since 1995 · £457,875 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, LawshallPrimary0.6 mi
Cockfield Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Great Whelnetham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary5.7 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
King Edward VI CEVC SchoolSecondary6.3 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolSecondary6.7 miProgress 8 -0.09 · 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.

Donkey Lane

How this home sits against its street.

5
graded homes
60.2
average score
D
most common grade
+1.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.