3 The Close, Rackheath, Norwich NR13 6LS

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 84 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

FD for £10,423 · £5,211 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1840.1 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches E
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£1722.9 yrs+4.7 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£795.1 yrs+2.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£20022.5 yrs+5.5 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£21623.2 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£16729.9 yrs+4.6 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

£3,472
per year at grade F
£2,454
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £851 a year — a 8.2% annual return on £10,423.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £3,034 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 May 2013£182,000
13 July 2001£100,000

Estimated today: £314,742 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Close: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Rackheath Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
White House FarmPrimary1.5 mi
Salhouse CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Sprowston Community AcademySecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
The Open AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.46 · below average (2023/24)
Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth FormSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.14 · 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.

17.7
crimes a month
195
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01026578, 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.