3 Dutton Locks, Acton Bridge, Northwich CW8 3QQ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 111 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, wood logs

Upgrade Plan

EC for £14,500 · £7,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£3330.3 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£1442.8 yrs+2.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£39512.7 yrs+6.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£42721.1 yrs+6.8 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£14334.3 yrs+2.3 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

£3,859
per year at grade E
£2,418
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,298 a year — a 9.0% annual return on £14,500.

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

31 July 2024£375,000
12 April 1995£30,000

Estimated today: £409,125 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dutton Locks: 9 sales since 1995 · £295,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Crowton Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Little Leigh Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Aston by Sutton Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Weaverham High SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.17 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademySecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.66 · well below average (2023/24)
Sandymoor Ormiston AcademySecondary4.1 miProgress 8 -0.48 · 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
78
in the last 12 months
Criminal damage and arson
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018708, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dutton Locks

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
46.5
average score
E
most common grade
+5.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.