40 Grains Bar, Oldham OL4 2JY

End-Terrace house · Built 1930-1949 · 89 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £11,500 · £5,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£9510.6 yrs+5.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£7114.2 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8750+ yrs+4.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7350+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,524
per year at grade D
£1,198
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £326 a year — a 2.8% annual return on £11,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £958 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 October 2022£321,000
4 July 2019£160,000

Estimated today: £375,455 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Grains Bar: 24 sales since 1995 · £178,707 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Hodge Clough Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
East Crompton St George's CofE SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Waterhead AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.72 · well below average (2023/24)
E-ACT Royton and Crompton AcademySecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.53 · well below average (2023/24)
The Crompton House Church of England AcademySecondary2.2 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.

Grains Bar

How this home sits against its street.

13
graded homes
57.8
average score
D
most common grade
+5.2
this home vs street
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