Apartment 8, The Riverside, Salford M5 4SU

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 2012 onwards · 81 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

CB for £2,000 · £2,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,600 – £2,400£17411.5 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches B
Shower heat recovery(optional, beyond B)£585 – £725£1445.2 yrs+0.3 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

£925
per year at grade C
£737
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £174 a year — a 8.7% annual return on £2,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £811 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 January 2016£210,519
20 March 2015£179,655

Estimated today: £380,734 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lowry Wharf: 418 sales since 1995 · £184,336 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Crown Street Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Primrose Hill Primary School and Children's CentrePrimary0.5 mi
St Wilfrid's RC Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Oasis Academy MediaCityUKSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well below average (2023/24)
Trinity CofE High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
AldridgeUTC@MediaCityUKSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.84 · well 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.

Lowry Wharf

How this home sits against its street.

232
graded homes
76.1
average score
C
most common grade
+3.9
this home vs street
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