5 Birch Road, Manchester M8 5RT

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 88 m² · Rented (private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £15,235 · £7,618 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£10£52.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£524.4 yrs+2.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1099.2 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8450+ yrs+4.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£11750+ yrs+5.5 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£10050+ yrs+4.7 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

£1,309
per year at grade D
£842
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £367 a year — a 2.4% annual return on £15,235.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £878 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Birch Road: 62 sales since 1995 · £166,847 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Crumpsall Lane Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Abraham Moss Community SchoolAll-through0.4 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
Cravenwood Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
The King David High SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.50 · above average (2023/24)
Co-op Academy ManchesterSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
Beis Yaakov High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.88 · well 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.

Birch Road

How this home sits against its street.

43
graded homes
62.3
average score
D
most common grade
+1.7
this home vs street
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