4 Princes Way, St. Helens WA11 7DA

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 94 m² · Owner-occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

GD for £8,835 · £2,945 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,500 – £2,000£9901.8 yrs+18.4 pts · reaches F
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5022.0 yrs+9.3 pts · reaches E
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£3752.7 yrs+7.0 pts
Low energy lighting£85£223.9 yrs+0.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£39012.8 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£9,000 – £14,000£46524.7 yrs+8.6 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

£4,966
per year at grade G
£2,221
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £2,280 a year — a 25.8% annual return on £8,835.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £2,395 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 September 2021£173,000
18 October 2013£136,000

Estimated today: £221,242 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Princes Way: 18 sales since 1995 · £140,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Carr Mill Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Rivington Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Cowley International CollegeSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.69 · well below average (2023/24)
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)
De La Salle SchoolSecondary1.8 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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
67
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01006851, to 2026-05. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Princes Way

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
56.9
average score
D
most common grade
-43.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.