2 Recreation Close, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth NR31 6LU

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 145 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £248 · £248 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£770.3 yrs+3.0 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£435.2 yrs+1.7 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£9150+ yrs+3.5 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£7050+ yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£8450+ yrs+3.2 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

£1,788
per year at grade D
£1,423
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £120 a year — a 48.4% annual return on £248.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,181 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 June 2018£230,000

Estimated today: £300,575 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Recreation Close: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Mary and St Peter Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Stradbroke Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Wroughton Infant AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Lynn Grove AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.17 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Venture AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.51 · well above average (2023/24)
Cliff Park Ormiston AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.70 · 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.

15.2
crimes a month
167
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01026632, 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.