2 The Staithe, Lowestoft NR33 9AF

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 92 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £8,480 · £4,240 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£1690.2 yrs+5.0 pts
Loft insulation£350£943.7 yrs+2.8 pts
High-retention storage heaters£3,600 – £600£3895.4 yrs+11.5 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£19815.2 yrs+5.8 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£15319.6 yrs+4.5 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£18321.9 yrs+5.4 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

£2,696
per year at grade E
£1,510
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,003 a year — a 11.8% annual return on £8,480.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,487 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 January 2016£215,000

Estimated today: £285,527 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Staithe: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Elm Tree Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Dell Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Westwood Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
East Point AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Pakefield High SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.53 · well below average (2023/24)
Ormiston Denes AcademySecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.38 · 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.

4.1
crimes a month
41
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030288, 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.