8 Elder Drive, Bolton BL3 1AT

Detached house · Built 2003-2006 · 112 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £17,500 · £17,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£6715.0 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6950+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£8250+ yrs+4.9 pts · reaches B

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

£1,272
per year at grade C
£1,054
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £218 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £17,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £824 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 August 2016£197,500
10 July 2007£199,995

Estimated today: £337,958 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Elder Drive: 69 sales since 1995 · £235,653 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Bowness Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Leverhulme Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Little Lever SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Harper Green SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary AcademySecondary1.7 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

Elder Drive

How this home sits against its street.

36
graded homes
72.8
average score
C
most common grade
-2.8
this home vs street
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