256 Trafford Road, Eccles, Manchester M30 0JJ

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 55 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £10,940 · £5,470 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£40£411.1 yrs+0.3 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£3013.4 yrs+2.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£6116.3 yrs+4.6 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£7650+ yrs+5.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£8250+ yrs+6.2 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£6450+ yrs+4.8 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

£1,001
per year at grade D
£684
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £253 a year — a 2.3% annual return on £10,940.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £632 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 December 2020£105,000
13 January 2011£84,000

Estimated today: £151,278 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Trafford Road: 207 sales since 1995 · £170,240 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Lewis Street Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Holy Cross and All Saints RC Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Patrick's RC High SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
Salford City AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Ellesmere Park High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.28 · 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.

Trafford Road

How this home sits against its street.

113
graded homes
62.8
average score
D
most common grade
+1.2
this home vs street
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