Swallows, Wigton CA7 8AF

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 168 m² · Owner-occupied · Electric storage heaters, Electric underfloor heating

Upgrade Plan

EC for £18,260 · £9,130 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,600£3813.7 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£110£813.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£16017.1 yrs+3.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£15033.3 yrs+3.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£20943.0 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£17950+ yrs+3.6 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

£3,820
per year at grade E
£2,731
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £910 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £18,260.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,841 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 February 2024£292,500
29 September 2017£220,000
3 May 2013£203,000

Estimated today: £322,241 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wigton Nursery and Infant SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Thomlinson Junior SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.10 · 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.

2.9
crimes a month
20
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019131, 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.