Higher Barn, Wildboarclough, Macclesfield SK11 0BD

Detached bungalow · Built before 1900 · 129 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

GB for £52,118 · £10,424 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2650.1 yrs+7.9 pts
Flue gas heat recovery£400 – £900£3012.2 yrs+9.0 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£4284.9 yrs+12.7 pts · reaches F
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£2355.0 yrs+7.0 pts
Low energy lighting£70£145.2 yrs+0.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£19013.7 yrs+5.7 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£31016.1 yrs+9.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£24120.8 yrs+7.1 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£28722.7 yrs+8.5 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£33526.9 yrs+10.0 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£25750+ yrs+7.6 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

£4,043
per year at grade G
£1,180
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,863 a year — a 5.5% annual return on £52,118.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Edinboro Cottage: 7 sales since 1995 · £460,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wincle CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Hollinhey Primary SchoolPrimary3.8 mi
Puss Bank School and NurseryPrimary4.5 mi
Buxton Community SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 -0.47 · below average (2023/24)
The Macclesfield AcademySecondary5.2 miAttainment 8 42.7 · no Progress 8 published
All Hallows Catholic CollegeSecondary5.5 miProgress 8 0.00 · 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.

7.4
crimes a month
74
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018670, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Edinboro Cottage

How this home sits against its street.

16
graded homes
37.1
average score
E
most common grade
-35.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.