2 West View, Elswick, Preston PR4 3UJ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 68 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £20,125 · £6,708 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Party wall insulation£300 – £600£895.1 yrs+3.4 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£596.7 yrs+2.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1228.2 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches D
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£1249.5 yrs+4.8 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10026.0 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£15129.9 yrs+5.8 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£16330.7 yrs+6.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12639.6 yrs+4.9 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

£1,881
per year at grade E
£948
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £933 a year — a 4.6% annual return on £20,125.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,955 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 April 2026£155,200
12 April 2001£58,000
16 November 1999£55,000

Estimated today: £162,269 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

West View: 4 sales since 1995 · £151,099 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great EcclestonPrimary0.7 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great EcclestonPrimary1.3 mi
Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Hodgson AcademySecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.45 · below average (2023/24)
Carr Hill High SchoolSecondary4.1 miAttainment 8 43.5 · no Progress 8 published
Baines SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.59 · well 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.

7.2
crimes a month
65
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024993, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

West View

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
59.3
average score
D
most common grade
-11.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.