8 Sutherland Drive, Lowestoft NR32 4LP

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 69 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £7,850 · £7,850 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£350£2812.6 yrs+2.2 pts
High-performance doors£2,500 – £500£4732.2 yrs+3.6 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£5850+ yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£5450+ yrs+4.2 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£6,000 – £0£4550+ yrs+3.5 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

£992
per year at grade C
£760
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £187 a year — a 2.4% annual return on £7,850.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £628 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 May 2023£300,000
10 January 2020£240,000
20 December 2016£175,000

Estimated today: £292,365 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sutherland Drive: 36 sales since 1995 · £259,369 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Gunton Primary AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
Northfield St Nicholas Primary AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
Poplars Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and MathematicsSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.12 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Denes AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.38 · below average (2023/24)
East Point AcademySecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.39 · 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.

9
crimes a month
99
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 24% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030242, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sutherland Drive

How this home sits against its street.

16
graded homes
67.3
average score
C
most common grade
+1.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.