The Rectory, The Causeway, Hitcham, Ipswich IP7 7NF

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 154 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £18,000 · £9,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1835.5 yrs+6.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£11223.2 yrs+3.8 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£16926.6 yrs+5.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14235.3 yrs+4.9 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£6650+ yrs+2.3 pts · reaches C

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

£2,493
per year at grade E
£1,821
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £672 a year — a 3.7% annual return on £18,000.

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

Sold prices

25 October 2024£595,000
22 June 2018£480,000
10 December 2004£250,000
2 May 2003£175,000

Estimated today: £600,459 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Causeway: 106 sales since 1995 · £447,890 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bildeston Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Whatfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary3.9 mi
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary4.0 mi
Stowmarket High SchoolSecondary5.7 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
Hadleigh High SchoolSecondary6.4 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Sudbury AcademySecondary8.9 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
crimes a month
55
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029876, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Causeway

How this home sits against its street.

53
graded homes
59.9
average score
D
most common grade
-13.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.