5 Larch Close, Skelmersdale WN8 8PP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 81 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £13,100 · £6,550 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1496.7 yrs+5.7 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£12221.2 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£18424.4 yrs+7.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£19925.1 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£15532.3 yrs+6.0 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£7250+ yrs+2.8 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

£2,043
per year at grade E
£1,161
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £655 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £13,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,205 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 November 2022£150,000

Estimated today: £166,469 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Larch Close: 3 sales since 1995 · £155,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Trinity Church of England/Methodist SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Crow Orchard Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.42 · below average (2023/24)
Rainford High SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 +0.03 · average (2023/24)
Ormskirk SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.20 · 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.

6.7
crimes a month
60
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025520, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.