Low Blaithwaite, Wigton CA7 0AY

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 309 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, wood logs

Upgrade Plan

EC for £23,500 · £11,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£4589.8 yrs+7.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£49510.1 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£38413.0 yrs+5.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£53516.8 yrs+8.3 pts · reaches C

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

£4,180
per year at grade E
£2,309
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,871 a year — a 8.0% annual return on £23,500.

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

5 October 2020£530,000
19 October 2001£170,000

Estimated today: £678,794 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Boltons CofE SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Wigton Nursery and Infant SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Thomlinson Junior SchoolPrimary3.0 mi
The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Beacon Hill Community SchoolSecondary5.2 miProgress 8 -1.37 · well below average (2023/24)
Solway Community SchoolSecondary8.7 miProgress 8 -1.90 · well 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.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

7.8
crimes a month
70
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 61% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019132, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.