40 Iris Avenue, Kearsley, Bolton BL4 8LR

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 74 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £4,910 · £2,455 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£494.6 yrs+2.5 pts · reaches D
Flue gas heat recovery£400 – £900£1016.4 yrs+5.1 pts
Low energy lighting£35£57.7 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1049.6 yrs+5.2 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£3810.6 yrs+1.9 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6440.8 yrs+3.2 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£8150+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£9650+ yrs+4.8 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

£1,581
per year at grade E
£1,044
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £360 a year — a 7.3% annual return on £4,910.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,104 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 September 2012£63,500
1 October 1999£24,950

Estimated today: £125,099 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Iris Avenue: 34 sales since 1995 · £123,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kearsley West Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
North Walkden Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Kearsley AcademySecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.55 · well above average (2023/24)
The Lowry AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
Co-op Academy WalkdenSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.47 · 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.

Iris Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

21
graded homes
65.1
average score
C
most common grade
-12.1
this home vs street
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