3 Rowan Avenue, Manchester M16 8AP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 149 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £2,000 · £2,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1377.3 yrs+4.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1029.8 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£12735.5 yrs+4.2 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

£2,171
per year at grade D
£1,805
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £239 a year — a 11.9% annual return on £2,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,827 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 January 2020£441,500
26 November 2010£272,500
20 September 2006£250,000
16 July 1999£77,000

Estimated today: £654,250 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rowan Avenue: 32 sales since 1995 · £309,400 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Our Lady's RC Primary School ManchesterPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Manley Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Whalley Range 11-18 High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.79 · well above average (2023/24)
CHS SouthSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.14 · average (2023/24)
Chorlton High SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.23 · 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.

Rowan Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

26
graded homes
60.9
average score
D
most common grade
+3.1
this home vs street
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