Birch Cottage, Horringer, Bury St. Edmunds IP29 5PH

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 60 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters, Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £23,920 · £7,973 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£141.4 yrs+0.5 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£31910.7 yrs+11.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£24720.2 yrs+8.7 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£29522.0 yrs+10.4 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£34426.1 yrs+12.2 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

£2,337
per year at grade E
£1,118
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,219 a year — a 5.1% annual return on £23,920.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,377 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Westgate Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.8 mi
Ickworth Park Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
King Edward VI CEVC SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
St Benedict's Catholic SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.17 · 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.

2.3
crimes a month
14
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 71% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030148, 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.