Brett Vale, Bildeston Road, Chelsworth, Ipswich IP7 7HS

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 202 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FD for £12,300 · £6,150 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1641.4 yrs+3.3 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1263.2 yrs+2.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2583.9 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches E
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£2624.5 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£31914.1 yrs+6.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£34514.5 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£26718.7 yrs+5.4 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

£3,955
per year at grade F
£2,215
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,473 a year — a 12.0% annual return on £12,300.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £2,436 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 February 2026£910,000
23 July 2001£335,000

Estimated today: £915,549 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bildeston Road: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bildeston Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Kersey Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Hadleigh High SchoolSecondary4.7 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Stowmarket High SchoolSecondary7.4 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Sudbury AcademySecondary7.7 miProgress 8 -0.30 · 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.

5.5
crimes a month
60
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 62% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029907, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.