3 Holborn Drive, Manchester M8 8US

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 75 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £13,025 · £6,513 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£25£45.7 yrs+0.3 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£3710.9 yrs+2.2 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6242.0 yrs+3.6 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£10149.7 yrs+5.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7850+ yrs+4.6 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£5,000 – £8,000£9350+ yrs+5.5 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

£1,100
per year at grade D
£725
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £282 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £13,025.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £689 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 February 2019£153,000

Estimated today: £238,335 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Holborn Drive: 16 sales since 1995 · £197,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Oasis Academy TemplePrimary0.2 mi
St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
The Olive School, ManchesterPrimary0.4 mi
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, ManchesterSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +1.20 · well above average (2023/24)
Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, ManchesterSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +1.02 · well above average (2023/24)
Manchester Communication AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.15 · 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.

Holborn Drive

How this home sits against its street.

13
graded homes
63.7
average score
D
most common grade
+3.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.