5 Valley Mill, Cottonfields, Bolton BL7 9DY

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1976-1982 · 62 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £700 · £700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £200£2642.7 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£20£63.4 yrs+0.1 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

£1,329
per year at grade D
£1,059
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £264 a year — a 37.7% annual return on £700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £723 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 May 2024£127,500
29 May 2015£102,500
20 May 2008£112,000
23 November 2001£76,500

Estimated today: £130,494 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Valley Mill: 219 sales since 1995 · £167,618 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, BoltonPrimary0.2 mi
The Oaks Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
High Lawn Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Sharples SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.86 · well above average (2023/24)
Turton SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Thornleigh Salesian CollegeSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.22 · 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.

Valley Mill

How this home sits against its street.

67
graded homes
70
average score
C
most common grade
-2.0
this home vs street
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