163 Rushmere Road, Ipswich IP4 3LB

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 180 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,700 · £7,700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£150 – £250£1711.2 yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£20237.1 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£7,500 – £11,000£21942.3 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£18748.1 yrs+3.3 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£4,500 – £6,000£7350+ yrs+1.3 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

£2,514
per year at grade D
£1,662
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £373 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £7,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £2,316 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

13 April 2012£425,000
7 May 1999£201,750
27 March 1998£185,000

Estimated today: £721,875 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rushmere Road: 262 sales since 1995 · £394,810 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, IpswichPrimary0.4 mi
Sidegate Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Rushmere Hall Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
St Alban's Catholic High SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Copleston High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.34 · above average (2023/24)
Northgate High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.35 · above 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.

7.4
crimes a month
52
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029963, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rushmere Road

How this home sits against its street.

126
graded homes
61.4
average score
D
most common grade
+3.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.