Elm Cottage, The Drift, Tostock, Bury St. Edmunds IP30 9PD

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 153 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £9,550 · £9,550 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£50£510.9 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£9746.5 yrs+3.6 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£10547.8 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£8150+ yrs+3.0 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£11350+ yrs+4.2 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

£1,604
per year at grade D
£1,204
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £206 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £9,550.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,037 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 September 2021£470,000
29 November 2002£234,000
24 February 1998£92,000

Estimated today: £528,352 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Drift: 4 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Norton CEVC Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Woolpit Primary AcademyPrimary1.6 mi
Elmswell Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary4.5 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary4.7 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.

5.8
crimes a month
58
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030049, 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.