44 Heralds Close, Widnes WA8 8AS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 100 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation(optional, beyond B)£100 – £350£454.9 yrs+1.1 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond B)£25£46.0 yrs+0.1 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond B)£800 – £1,200£9610.5 yrs+2.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond B)£2,200 – £3,000£5944.3 yrs+1.5 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£7450+ yrs+1.9 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

£1,160
per year at grade B
£882
per year at grade B

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £806 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 July 2009£117,000
10 October 2008£121,000
9 November 2000£39,550

Estimated today: £224,938 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Heralds Close: 52 sales since 1995 · £122,682 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Oakfield Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Ormiston Chadwick AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.61 · well below average (2023/24)
Wade Deacon High SchoolSecondary1.5 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.

15.1
crimes a month
166
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012388, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Heralds Close

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
64.5
average score
D
most common grade
+16.5
this home vs street
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