3 Brooke Avenue, Handforth, Wilmslow SK9 3LS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 116 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FD for £13,950 · £6,975 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£2964.1 yrs+4.8 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,800 – £5,600£7815.4 yrs+12.7 pts · reaches E
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£1895.6 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£39618.9 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£8,000 – £10,000£36724.5 yrs+6.0 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

£4,593
per year at grade F
£2,565
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,661 a year — a 11.9% annual return on £13,950.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £4,691 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Brooke Avenue: 46 sales since 1995 · £260,426 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St. Benedict's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Handforth Grange Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Wilmslow AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
St James' Catholic High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Cheadle Hulme High SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.87 · well above average (2023/24)
Wilmslow High SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.16 · 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.

14
crimes a month
154
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018595, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Brooke Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

19
graded homes
63.6
average score
D
most common grade
-29.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.