2 Bluefields, Shaw, Oldham OL2 8LQ

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 206 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and underfloor heating, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £10,685 · £5,343 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£2041.5 yrs+3.4 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1142.0 yrs+1.9 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2394.2 yrs+4.0 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£874.6 yrs+1.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1795.6 yrs+3.0 pts
Low energy lighting£60£105.7 yrs+0.2 pts
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£8713.9 yrs+1.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£22129.4 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches B

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

£2,742
per year at grade D
£1,600
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,142 a year — a 10.7% annual return on £10,685.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,818 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 June 2025£575,000
27 July 2016£335,000

Estimated today: £597,650 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bluefields: 2 sales since 1995 · £575,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Buckstones Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
East Crompton St George's CofE SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
East Crompton St James CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
The Crompton House Church of England AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
E-ACT Royton and Crompton AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.53 · well below average (2023/24)
Hollingworth AcademySecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.02 · 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.

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