48a Simonside, Widnes WA8 4YN

Semi-Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 71 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £14,760 · £7,380 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£278.3 yrs+2.5 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£35£214.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5350+ yrs+4.9 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£5750+ yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4450+ yrs+4.1 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

£1,143
per year at grade D
£960
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £183 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £14,760.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £719 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 August 2020£160,000
16 August 2007£130,000
5 July 2002£65,950

Estimated today: £223,960 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Simonside: 97 sales since 1995 · £139,958 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Basil's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Ditton Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Ormiston Chadwick AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.61 · well below average (2023/24)
Wade Deacon High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.17 · 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.

3.9
crimes a month
31
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012421, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Simonside

How this home sits against its street.

45
graded homes
64.8
average score
D
most common grade
+2.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.