656 Ripponden Road, Oldham OL4 2LW

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1930-1949 · 79 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £17,573 · £5,858 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1620.1 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1905.3 yrs+4.6 pts
Low energy lighting£50£86.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£5419.2 yrs+13.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14734.0 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£17637.0 yrs+4.3 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

£2,378
per year at grade E
£1,154
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,224 a year — a 7.0% annual return on £17,573.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,360 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 September 2021£164,000
30 November 2018£90,000

Estimated today: £217,254 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ripponden Road: 664 sales since 1995 · £140,544 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 SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Hodge Clough Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Woodlands Primary AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
Waterhead AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.72 · well below average (2023/24)
E-ACT Royton and Crompton AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.53 · well below average (2023/24)
The Crompton House Church of England AcademySecondary1.9 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.

Ripponden Road

How this home sits against its street.

330
graded homes
61
average score
D
most common grade
-8.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.