261 Devonshire Road, Atherton, Manchester M46 9QB

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 86 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

FC for £10,000 · £3,333 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£1,4433.5 yrs+25.3 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£5069.9 yrs+8.9 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£39212.7 yrs+6.9 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

£3,166
per year at grade F
£825
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,949 a year — a 19.5% annual return on £10,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £2,099 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 February 2022£110,000

Estimated today: £134,704 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Devonshire Road: 83 sales since 1995 · £108,609 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Atherton St George's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School AthertonPrimary0.5 mi
Meadowbank Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Atherton High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 0.00 · average (2023/24)
Westhoughton High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.64 · well below average (2023/24)
Fred Longworth High SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.29 · 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.

Devonshire Road

How this home sits against its street.

181
graded homes
68.3
average score
C
most common grade
-33.3
this home vs street
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