Fir Tree Cottage, Catforth Road, Catforth, Preston PR4 0HH

Detached bungalow · Built 1983-1990 · 211 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £4,220 · £4,220 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1456.9 yrs+4.7 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£537.6 yrs+1.7 pts
Low energy lighting£70£611.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£12022.9 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£13450+ yrs+4.4 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

£2,561
per year at grade D
£2,102
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £325 a year — a 7.7% annual return on £4,220.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £2,018 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 March 2021£655,000
8 May 2009£550,000
9 August 2007£620,000
6 March 2003£347,500

Estimated today: £822,405 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Catforth Road: 76 sales since 1995 · £418,597 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Catforth Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Broughton High SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.55 · well above average (2023/24)
Fulwood AcademySecondary3.8 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
Our Lady's Catholic High SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above 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.

7.1
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034346, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Catforth Road

How this home sits against its street.

45
graded homes
56.4
average score
D
most common grade
+2.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.