4 Beech Paddocks, Hessett, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9NR

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 165 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £20,475 · £20,475 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£326.9 yrs+1.5 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£6814.7 yrs+3.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£5648.7 yrs+2.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5350+ yrs+2.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£6350+ yrs+3.0 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

£1,685
per year at grade C
£1,412
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £273 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £20,475.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,017 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 November 2018£500,000
21 November 2013£445,500
23 February 1999£172,500

Estimated today: £596,247 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Beech Paddocks: 5 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Rougham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Woolpit Primary AcademyPrimary2.7 mi
Thurston Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary2.8 mi
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary3.6 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary5.9 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.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.