Bottom Lock Cottage, Marple Bridge, Stockport SK6 5LB

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 116 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £14,558 · £7,279 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1540.1 yrs+6.0 pts
Low energy lighting£35£84.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£16726.9 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£18127.7 yrs+7.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14035.7 yrs+5.5 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£19546.1 yrs+7.6 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

£1,891
per year at grade E
£1,046
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £650 a year — a 4.5% annual return on £14,558.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,222 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ludworth Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Rose Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Marple Hall SchoolSecondary1.2 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Harrytown Catholic High SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
Werneth SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.45 · 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.

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