42 Grantham Drive, Bury BL8 1XW

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 126 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

EC for £18,595 · £9,298 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1685.9 yrs+6.7 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1268.0 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£95£712.9 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13038.3 yrs+5.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£15650+ yrs+6.2 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£6150+ yrs+2.4 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

£1,793
per year at grade E
£1,145
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £587 a year — a 3.2% annual return on £18,595.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Grantham Drive: 51 sales since 1995 · £362,367 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Woodbank Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Elton Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St John with St Mark CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Elton High SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.24 · below average (2023/24)
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
Bury Church of England High SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.31 · 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.

Grantham Drive

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
63.8
average score
D
most common grade
-15.8
this home vs street
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