Beech Cottage, Abbeystead, Lancaster LA2 9BD

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 88 m² · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FE for £5,860 · £5,860 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£10£71.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£100 – £300£1131.8 yrs+4.0 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£557.3 yrs+1.9 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£12521.9 yrs+4.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£1,500 – £3,500£9326.9 yrs+3.3 pts · reaches E
Solar water heating(optional, beyond E)£4,000 – £6,000£11742.6 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond E)£11,000 – £20,000£14050+ yrs+5.0 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

£1,799
per year at grade F
£1,149
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £393 a year — a 6.7% annual return on £5,860.

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
Dolphinholme Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Cawthorne's Endowed SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademySecondary5.2 miProgress 8 +0.60 · well above average (2023/24)
Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary5.4 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above average (2023/24)
Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary5.6 miProgress 8 +0.69 · well 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.

12.5
crimes a month
125
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025105, 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.