Keeps Cottage, Abbeystead, Lancaster LA2 9BQ

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 169 m² · Rented (Private) · Community scheme

Upgrade Plan

DA for £34,500 · £11,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£651.5 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£7150+ yrs+6.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6050+ yrs+5.4 pts · reaches B
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£2850+ yrs+2.5 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£6450+ yrs+5.8 pts · reaches A

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

£1,362
per year at grade D
£1,074
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £288 a year — a 0.8% annual return on £34,500.

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

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Cawthorne's Endowed SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Dolphinholme Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary4.6 mi
Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary6.6 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above average (2023/24)
Lancaster High SchoolSecondary6.8 miProgress 8 -0.61 · well below average (2023/24)
Garstang Community AcademySecondary7.6 miProgress 8 -0.30 · 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.

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.