25 The Close, Kirkham, Preston PR4 2UL

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1930-1949 · 86 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £10,000 · £10,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£3550+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£2750+ yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£3250+ yrs+4.1 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

£989
per year at grade C
£895
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £94 a year — a 0.9% annual return on £10,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £636 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 June 2024£124,000

Estimated today: £128,505 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Close: 35 sales since 1995 · £188,748 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Willows Catholic Primary School, KirkhamPrimary0.5 mi
Kirkham and Wesham Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Carr Hill High SchoolSecondary0.2 miAttainment 8 43.5 · no Progress 8 published
St Bede's Catholic High School, LythamSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Ashton Community Science CollegeSecondary5.2 miProgress 8 -0.07 · 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.

8.7
crimes a month
96
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025010, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Close

How this home sits against its street.

33
graded homes
69.4
average score
D
most common grade
+3.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.