Walnut Cottage, School Close, Norton, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 3LZ

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 150 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £20,190 · £10,095 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1596.3 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£90£712.9 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£9826.6 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12340.5 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£14750+ yrs+5.0 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

£1,649
per year at grade D
£1,115
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £534 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £20,190.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,374 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 June 2023£587,000
4 December 2013£375,000
11 January 2006£320,000
16 April 1998£140,000

Estimated today: £607,986 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

School Close: 12 sales since 1995 · £576,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Norton CEVC Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Thurston Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary2.1 mi
Elmswell Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.82 · well below average (2023/24)
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary4.6 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.

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.

School Close

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
59.8
average score
D
most common grade
+5.2
this home vs street
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