The Forge, Plantation Road, Blofield, Norwich NR13 4PL

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 135 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £17,145 · £8,573 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£45£59.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6937.5 yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£10443.1 yrs+4.1 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£11344.3 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8850+ yrs+3.5 pts · reaches B

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

£1,741
per year at grade D
£1,362
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £379 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £17,145.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,102 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

9 December 2022£492,000
17 August 2007£292,000
23 January 2004£220,000

Estimated today: £486,561 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Plantation Road: 10 sales since 1995 · £492,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Blofield Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Hemblington Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Brundall Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Acle AcademySecondary3.8 miProgress 8 -0.08 · average (2023/24)
Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth FormSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 +0.14 · average (2023/24)
The Open AcademySecondary5.2 miProgress 8 -0.46 · 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.

4.3
crimes a month
34
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01026507, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Plantation Road

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
61
average score
D
most common grade
+5.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.