2 Gatehead, Sowerby Bridge HX6 2RL

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 57 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

FC for £12,848 · £4,283 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1120.2 yrs+7.0 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1110.9 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches E
Loft insulation£100 – £350£633.6 yrs+3.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1317.6 yrs+8.2 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10249.1 yrs+6.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£12250+ yrs+7.6 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£14250+ yrs+8.9 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

£1,462
per year at grade F
£680
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £640 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £12,848.

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

27 May 2015£85,000
11 June 1999£34,000

Estimated today: £146,760 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
New Road Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Warley Town SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Trinity Academy GrammarSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Ryburn Valley High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.21 · above average (2023/24)
The Crossley Heath SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.49 · above 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.

9.8
crimes a month
98
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01010922, 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.