8 Bolton Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 7JW

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 122 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £29,808 · £9,936 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1970.5 yrs+5.4 pts
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £400£2001.0 yrs+5.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2344.3 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£854.7 yrs+2.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£14418.1 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£18127.6 yrs+4.9 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£25335.6 yrs+6.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£21650+ yrs+5.9 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

£2,662
per year at grade E
£1,153
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,509 a year — a 5.1% annual return on £29,808.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,717 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Bolton Road: 91 sales since 1995 · £191,625 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
All Saints CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Queensbridge Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Ferns Primary AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Harper Green SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
Little Lever SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
St James's Church of England High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.07 · 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.

Bolton Road

How this home sits against its street.

72
graded homes
57.8
average score
D
most common grade
-16.8
this home vs street
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