12 Solent Drive, Bolton BL3 1RN

End-Terrace flat · Built 1967-1975 · 51 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £245 · £245 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£92.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£972.3 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£500 – £1,500£1526.6 yrs+5.3 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

£890
per year at grade D
£632
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £106 a year — a 43.3% annual return on £245.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £628 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 August 2016£55,950
6 December 2005£45,000
9 March 2001£32,000
20 December 2000£21,000
1 December 2000£18,500
20 November 1996£17,550

Estimated today: £85,064 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Solent Drive: 58 sales since 1995 · £108,400 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever BridgePrimary0.4 mi
Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great LeverPrimary0.7 mi
Little Lever SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary AcademySecondary1.4 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Harper Green SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.11 · 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.

Solent Drive

How this home sits against its street.

25
graded homes
69.8
average score
C
most common grade
-3.8
this home vs street
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