3 Valentine Way, Hessett, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9BP

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 131 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £14,900 · £14,900 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£2119.5 yrs+1.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5250+ yrs+3.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£5650+ yrs+3.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4450+ yrs+2.8 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

£1,462
per year at grade C
£1,289
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £173 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £14,900.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £896 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 November 2021£525,000
29 June 2018£430,000
11 December 2013£330,000
11 November 2011£302,000
26 March 1998£137,500

Estimated today: £554,855 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Valentine Way: 42 sales since 1995 · £530,300 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Rougham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Woolpit Primary AcademyPrimary2.6 mi
Rattlesden Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary2.6 mi
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary6.2 miProgress 8 -0.82 · 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.

4
crimes a month
16
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030086, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Valentine Way

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
70.3
average score
C
most common grade
+0.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.