56 Kensington Road, Manchester M21 9NU

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 155 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £12,605 · £12,605 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£7912.6 yrs+4.4 pts
Low energy lighting£105£522.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£9850+ yrs+5.4 pts · reaches C

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

£1,980
per year at grade D
£1,798
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £182 a year — a 1.4% annual return on £12,605.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,195 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 January 2014£312,000
25 May 2001£103,000
21 February 2000£13,500

Estimated today: £702,955 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Kensington Road: 111 sales since 1995 · £393,578 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St John's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
St Hilda's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Oswald Road Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Stretford Grammar SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.80 · well above average (2023/24)
Stretford High SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.07 · 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.

Kensington Road

How this home sits against its street.

47
graded homes
62
average score
D
most common grade
+2.0
this home vs street
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