178 Ormskirk Road, Upholland, Skelmersdale WN8 0AA

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 162 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters, Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

GC for £32,458 · £8,114 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£6430.0 yrs+7.3 pts
Low energy lighting£35£331.1 yrs+0.4 pts
High-retention storage heaters£3,200 – £4,800£1,4832.7 yrs+16.9 pts · reaches F
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£6976.5 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7536.6 yrs+8.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5848.6 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£81411.1 yrs+9.2 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£27218.0 yrs+3.1 pts · reaches C

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

£7,983
per year at grade G
£2,704
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £5,279 a year — a 16.3% annual return on £32,458.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £4,875 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 December 2019£159,500

Estimated today: £205,656 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ormskirk Road: 266 sales since 1995 · £143,705 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Moorside Community Primary Academy SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Holland Moor Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Up Holland High SchoolSecondary1.4 miAttainment 8 48.8 · no Progress 8 published
St Peter's Catholic High SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.12 · average (2023/24)
Dean Trust WiganSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -1.12 · well below 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.

8.4
crimes a month
76
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025535, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ormskirk Road

How this home sits against its street.

176
graded homes
63.4
average score
D
most common grade
-52.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.