5 Sandpit Close, Rushmere St. Andrew, Ipswich IP4 5UP

Detached bungalow · Built 1983-1990 · 65 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £3,150 · £3,150 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£2,700 – £3,600£4750+ yrs+2.6 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£5950+ yrs+3.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£5450+ yrs+3.1 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

£1,144
per year at grade D
£984
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £47 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £3,150.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 October 2020£270,000
1 February 2016£240,000
18 December 2003£160,000

Estimated today: £293,298 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sandpit Close: 29 sales since 1995 · £343,958 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Broke Hall Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Heath Primary School, KesgravePrimary1.0 mi
Britannia Primary School and NurseryPrimary1.1 mi
Copleston High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.34 · above average (2023/24)
St Alban's Catholic High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Kesgrave High SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.17 · 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.

4.5
crimes a month
9
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030205, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sandpit Close

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
67.3
average score
D
most common grade
-0.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.