2 Vicarage Lane, Accrington BB5 2RD

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 102 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £5,268 · £2,634 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1620.1 yrs+5.3 pts
Low energy lighting£20£82.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£902.5 yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1905.3 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£695.8 yrs+2.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1427.0 yrs+4.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£11722.3 yrs+3.8 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£14733.9 yrs+4.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£17650+ yrs+5.7 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

£2,254
per year at grade E
£1,152
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £779 a year — a 14.8% annual return on £5,268.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,360 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 May 2013£160,000

Estimated today: £264,348 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Vicarage Lane: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Green Haworth Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
The HollinsSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, HyndburnSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
RhyddingsSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.87 · 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.

9.5
crimes a month
76
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025039, 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.