2 Wigwell Cottages, Bolehill, Matlock DE4 4GU

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 58 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EA for £28,713 · £7,178 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1550.1 yrs+5.2 pts
Low energy lighting£15£81.9 yrs+0.3 pts
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£1453.5 yrs+4.9 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£3574.2 yrs+12.0 pts · reaches D
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£1378.6 yrs+4.6 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£18127.6 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14035.6 yrs+4.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£16838.8 yrs+5.6 pts · reaches B
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£19646.0 yrs+6.6 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

£2,335
per year at grade E
£849
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £1,486 a year — a 5.2% annual return on £28,713.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,284 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 April 2007£142,500
29 August 2001£66,000
19 April 1996£37,250

Estimated today: £240,887 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wigwell Cottages: 5 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wirksworth Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Wirksworth CofE Infant SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Cromford Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Anthony Gell SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Highfields SchoolSecondary4.5 miProgress 8 +0.05 · average (2023/24)
Belper School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary5.7 miProgress 8 -0.31 · 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.

8.4
crimes a month
84
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019633, 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.