The Forge, Lower Road, Hemingstone, Ipswich IP6 9RT

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 74 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £16,250 · £5,417 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£50£315.1 yrs+0.4 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£10420.1 yrs+13.0 pts · reaches E
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£4650+ yrs+5.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7650+ yrs+9.4 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£7050+ yrs+8.7 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£6350+ yrs+7.8 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

£1,774
per year at grade F
£1,412
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £299 a year — a 1.8% annual return on £16,250.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,009 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 August 2019£340,000

Estimated today: £401,559 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lower Road: 9 sales since 1995 · £438,125 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Henley Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Witnesham Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Claydon Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Claydon High SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Endeavour AcademySecondary4.1 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
Northgate High SchoolSecondary5.3 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.

4.8
crimes a month
43
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030046, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lower Road

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
50.5
average score
D
most common grade
-17.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.