3 Blacksmiths Loke, Lound, Lowestoft NR32 5LS

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 64 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £13,623 · £4,541 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2010.1 yrs+6.4 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£4643.2 yrs+14.8 pts · reaches D
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£3256.5 yrs+10.4 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£23521.3 yrs+7.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£18327.4 yrs+5.8 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£5,000 – £8,000£21829.8 yrs+7.0 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

£2,508
per year at grade E
£883
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,407 a year — a 10.3% annual return on £13,623.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,448 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 December 2023£180,000
19 June 2015£107,000
22 June 2001£47,500

Estimated today: £176,230 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Blacksmiths Loke: 12 sales since 1995 · £180,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Blundeston Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Somerleyton Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Hopton Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary1.6 mi
Cliff Park Ormiston AcademySecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -0.70 · well below average (2023/24)
Ormiston Venture AcademySecondary2.7 miProgress 8 +0.51 · well above average (2023/24)
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and MathematicsSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.12 · 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.

3.3
crimes a month
33
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 58% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030259, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Blacksmiths Loke

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
49.3
average score
E
most common grade
-10.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.