Chimneys, Lower Somersham, Ipswich IP8 4PH

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 73 m² · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £14,869 · £7,435 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£23 – £300typical£1391.2 yrs+3.4 pts
Loft insulation£225typical£772.9 yrs+1.9 pts
Low energy lighting£20 – £45typical£74.6 yrs+0.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,400 – £2,000typical£3205.3 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches D
Cavity wall insulation£1,000typical£1218.2 yrs+3.0 pts
Solar water heating£5,000typical£12639.7 yrs+3.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£4,500 – £9,000typical£15044.9 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£2,255
per year at grade E
£1,314
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £941 a year — a 6.3% annual return on £14,869.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2010, states £908 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Main Road: 46 sales since 1995 · £406,518 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Somersham Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Elmsett Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Claydon High SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Endeavour AcademySecondary3.9 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
Chantry AcademySecondary4.9 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well 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.

6.8
crimes a month
68
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030041, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Main Road

How this home sits against its street.

42
graded homes
65
average score
D
most common grade
-19.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.