28 The Croft, Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 1AN

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 102 m² · Owner-occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DB for £5,500 · £2,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,500 – £2,000£4663.8 yrs+9.5 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2374.2 yrs+4.8 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£19614.0 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£18427.2 yrs+3.7 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

£2,799
per year at grade D
£1,717
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £898 a year — a 16.3% annual return on £5,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,412 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 July 2018£257,000
22 January 2007£166,000
28 March 2001£76,500
14 April 2000£69,950

Estimated today: £309,282 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Croft: 61 sales since 1995 · £292,933 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bardwell Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Stanton Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Honington Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.82 · well below average (2023/24)
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary5.4 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary6.8 miProgress 8 +0.15 · 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.

3
crimes a month
18
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 61% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030095, to 2026-04. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Croft

How this home sits against its street.

26
graded homes
63.6
average score
D
most common grade
+0.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.