78 Oldfield Road, Ipswich IP8 3SE

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1983-1990 · 42 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DA for £16,248 · £5,416 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£620.4 yrs+3.8 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£356.5 yrs+2.1 pts
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£1437.0 yrs+8.7 pts · reaches C
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£588.6 yrs+3.5 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£6750+ yrs+4.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7350+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5650+ yrs+3.4 pts · reaches A

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

£1,196
per year at grade D
£701
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £495 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £16,248.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £783 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 February 2015£109,000
6 January 2012£95,000
14 December 2007£117,995
6 May 2005£99,950
24 January 2003£73,000
30 June 1999£38,995

Estimated today: £155,937 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Oldfield Road: 184 sales since 1995 · £194,655 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sprites Primary AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Gusford Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Copdock Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Chantry AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well below average (2023/24)
Stoke High School - Ormiston AcademySecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Ormiston Endeavour AcademySecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.09 · 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.

10.5
crimes a month
115
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029909, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Oldfield Road

How this home sits against its street.

55
graded homes
66.1
average score
C
most common grade
-3.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.