Light Ash Barn, St. Michaels Road, Preston PR3 0RT

Detached house · Built 2007-2011 · 226 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and underfloor heating, LPG

Upgrade Plan

DC for £10,060 · £10,060 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£3312.2 yrs+2.5 pts
Low energy lighting£160£440.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8350+ yrs+6.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7050+ yrs+5.3 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£7550+ yrs+5.6 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

£2,505
per year at grade D
£2,240
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £190 a year — a 1.9% annual return on £10,060.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £2,629 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 October 2009£570,000

Estimated today: £810,823 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

St Michaels Road: 15 sales since 1995 · £555,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & NurseryPrimary1.8 mi
Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Garstang Community AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.30 · below average (2023/24)
Broughton High SchoolSecondary3.8 miProgress 8 +0.55 · well above average (2023/24)
Fulwood AcademySecondary5.2 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below 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.

15.1
crimes a month
166
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025547, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

St Michaels Road

How this home sits against its street.

19
graded homes
55.9
average score
D
most common grade
+1.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.