285 Plodder Lane, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0BR

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 94 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £11,500 · £11,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£900 – £1,200£1397.6 yrs+6.0 pts
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£7516.0 yrs+3.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£10950+ yrs+4.7 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£8,000 – £10,000£9350+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,397
per year at grade C
£981
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £323 a year — a 2.8% annual return on £11,500.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Plodder Lane: 597 sales since 1995 · £143,822 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Highfield Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
The Ferns Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
St James's Church of England High SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
Harper Green SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary AcademySecondary0.5 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.

Plodder Lane

How this home sits against its street.

307
graded homes
61.9
average score
D
most common grade
+7.1
this home vs street
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