2 Lime Tree Cottages, The Street, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 3AA

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 42 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FB for £25,045 · £6,261 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£3734.0 yrs+15.7 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£45£85.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£17525.7 yrs+7.4 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£18926.4 yrs+8.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14734.0 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£20544.0 yrs+8.6 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£3,300 – £6,500£6950+ yrs+2.9 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

£2,166
per year at grade F
£1,000
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,097 a year — a 4.4% annual return on £25,045.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,402 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 January 2022£187,000
31 August 2007£151,000
9 July 2004£124,950
22 February 2004£102,000

Estimated today: £198,351 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Street: 90 sales since 1995 · £276,543 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Walsham-le-Willows Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Stanton Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Bardwell Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary4.0 mi
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 -0.82 · well below average (2023/24)
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary6.3 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Old Buckenham High SchoolSecondary13.4 miProgress 8 0.00 · 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.

6.5
crimes a month
65
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030068, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Street

How this home sits against its street.

38
graded homes
43.1
average score
E
most common grade
-7.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.