Flat A, 342 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington BB5 3JD

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 37 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

FC for £19,853 · £6,618 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1120.2 yrs+5.4 pts
High-performance doors£500£1054.8 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches E
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9810.2 yrs+4.7 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£10011.8 yrs+4.8 pts
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£2230.3 yrs+1.0 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£13138.1 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10249.0 yrs+4.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£12250+ yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£14250+ yrs+6.8 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

£2,153
per year at grade F
£1,219
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £792 a year — a 4.0% annual return on £19,853.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,265 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 October 2005£101,000
9 September 2005£93,750

Estimated today: £177,420 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Union Road: 224 sales since 1995 · £91,398 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
RhyddingsSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.87 · well below average (2023/24)
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, HyndburnSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.26 · 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.

28.8
crimes a month
317
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025076, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Union Road

How this home sits against its street.

118
graded homes
61.8
average score
C
most common grade
-29.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.