5 The Drift, Sapiston, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 1RT

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 54 m² · Rented (social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DA for £23,265 · £7,755 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£34.9 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£7114.2 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches C
Heating controls£350 – £450£2615.6 yrs+2.4 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£5847.1 yrs+5.5 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£4350+ yrs+4.0 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5550+ yrs+5.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£6550+ yrs+6.1 pts · reaches A

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

£1,004
per year at grade D
£683
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £321 a year — a 1.4% annual return on £23,265.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £613 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
Honington Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Bardwell Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Ixworth Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.82 · well below average (2023/24)
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary6.0 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
The Thetford AcademySecondary6.3 miProgress 8 +0.04 · 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.

4.2
crimes a month
42
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030094, to 2026-05. 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.