2 Kensington Road, Wigan WN5 9EU

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 83 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

DC for £10,625 · £10,625 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£445.1 yrs+3.1 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£3411.8 yrs+2.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9350+ yrs+6.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7250+ yrs+5.0 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£8650+ 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

£1,129
per year at grade D
£799
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £244 a year — a 2.3% annual return on £10,625.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

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
Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School WiganPrimary0.5 mi
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Dean Trust WiganSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -1.12 · well below average (2023/24)
Hawkley Hall High SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.14 · average (2023/24)
St Peter's Catholic High SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.12 · 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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