868 Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 5NL

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 138 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,000 · £7,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1119.0 yrs+4.1 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8312.1 yrs+3.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8650+ yrs+3.1 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£10350+ yrs+3.8 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

£2,003
per year at grade D
£1,620
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £280 a year — a 4.0% annual return on £7,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,271 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 April 2022£400,000
13 December 2005£220,000

Estimated today: £447,416 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wilmslow Road: 2,208 sales since 1995 · £244,260 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Catherine's RC Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Didsbury CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Broad Oak Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Parrs Wood High SchoolSecondary0.1 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
The Barlow RC High SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.12 · average (2023/24)
Priestnall SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.40 · 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.

Wilmslow Road

How this home sits against its street.

1,524
graded homes
68.9
average score
C
most common grade
-7.9
this home vs street
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