8 Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton BL7 9AA

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 103 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £8,950 · £4,475 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1275.5 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches C
Loft insulation£350£615.8 yrs+2.6 pts
Double glazing£1,400 – £400£4619.5 yrs+1.9 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£9930.3 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£11833.9 yrs+5.0 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

£1,548
per year at grade D
£1,097
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £451 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £8,950.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,079 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

9 October 2015£195,000

Estimated today: £354,287 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Darwen Road: 525 sales since 1995 · £170,302 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Eagley Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Eagley Infant SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Oaks Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Turton SchoolSecondary0.1 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Sharples SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.86 · well above average (2023/24)
Canon Slade SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.29 · above 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.

Darwen Road

How this home sits against its street.

235
graded homes
64.5
average score
D
most common grade
+0.5
this home vs street
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