2 Farringdon Close, Preston PR1 5UB

End-Terrace flat · Built 1950-1966 · 52 m² · Rented (Social) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £5,048 · £5,048 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1180.2 yrs+3.1 pts
Low energy lighting£25£64.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£39512.7 yrs+10.2 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£13836.2 yrs+3.6 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

£1,437
per year at grade D
£780
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £519 a year — a 10.3% annual return on £5,048.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £811 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Farringdon Close: 3 sales since 1995 · £39,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.1 mi
Fishwick Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPrimary0.4 mi
Preston Muslim Girls High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +1.06 · well above average (2023/24)
Eden Boys' School, PrestonSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.84 · well above average (2023/24)
Moor Park High School and Sixth FormSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.19 · 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.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

23.3
crimes a month
256
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025286, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Farringdon Close

How this home sits against its street.

22
graded homes
70.3
average score
C
most common grade
-12.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.