Thwaite Gate Farm, Carnforth LA5 9EL

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 127 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

GD for £17,150 · £5,717 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£1460.2 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches F
Draughtproofing£120£1440.8 yrs+6.2 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£17117.5 yrs+7.3 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£13322.6 yrs+5.7 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£15825.2 yrs+6.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£18537.8 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches D
Double glazing(optional, beyond D)£6,500 – £500£6250+ yrs+2.7 pts
Wind turbine(optional, beyond D)£25,000 – £0£14250+ yrs+6.1 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

£3,039
per year at grade G
£1,897
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £938 a year — a 5.5% annual return on £17,150.

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
Carnforth Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, CarnforthPrimary0.7 mi
Carnforth High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Morecambe Bay AcademySecondary4.3 miProgress 8 -0.77 · well below average (2023/24)
Lancaster High SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.61 · well 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.

8.3
crimes a month
75
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025096, 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.