Fircroft, The Rake, Burton, Neston CH64 5TL

Detached bungalow · Built 1900-1929 · 128 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

CB for £10,500 · £10,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8711.5 yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8150+ yrs+3.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6850+ yrs+2.7 pts · reaches B
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£9450+ yrs+3.7 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

£1,589
per year at grade C
£1,259
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £236 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £10,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,050 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 September 2014£370,000
30 September 2011£215,000

Estimated today: £591,329 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Rake: 21 sales since 1995 · £564,375 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Woodfall Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
St Winefride's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Neston High SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
South Wirral High SchoolSecondary4.0 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademySecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.47 · 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.

6.3
crimes a month
63
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018518, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Rake

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
41.6
average score
E
most common grade
+30.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.