Ivy Cottage, Byley, Middlewich CW10 9NF

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 135 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FC for £48,970 · £16,323 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flue gas heat recovery£400 – £900£778.5 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches E
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£4850+ yrs+3.7 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7950+ yrs+6.1 pts
Low energy lighting£220£350+ yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6150+ yrs+4.7 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£7350+ yrs+5.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£8550+ yrs+6.6 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£6550+ yrs+5.0 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

£1,947
per year at grade F
£1,455
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £492 a year — a 1.0% annual return on £48,970.

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.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Byley Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.2 mi
Middlewich Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Holmes Chapel Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Middlewich High SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.14 · average (2023/24)
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
The Rudheath Senior AcademySecondary3.5 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.

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.

8.3
crimes a month
83
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018722, 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.