18 Wheatfields, Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds IP31 3TE

Semi-Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 76 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £7,990 · £3,995 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£40£313.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Heating controls£450£2517.8 yrs+1.8 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£4335.2 yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£6943.3 yrs+4.8 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£5450+ yrs+3.8 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£8,000 – £0£6450+ yrs+4.5 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

£1,044
per year at grade D
£786
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £194 a year — a 2.4% annual return on £7,990.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £741 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 July 2016£215,000
24 April 2009£150,000
20 April 2007£156,500
22 February 2002£95,000
3 July 1996£47,950

Estimated today: £282,880 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wheatfields: 83 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Thurston Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Rougham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Great Barton Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary2.2 mi
Thurston Community CollegeSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Ixworth High SchoolSecondary3.6 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.

9.9
crimes a month
109
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030085, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wheatfields

How this home sits against its street.

23
graded homes
68.4
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.