159 Cherrycroft, Skelmersdale WN8 9DY

End-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 92 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £19,785 · £9,893 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£494.6 yrs+2.3 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£3710.8 yrs+1.7 pts
Low energy lighting£60£413.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6341.4 yrs+2.9 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£10249.0 yrs+4.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7950+ yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£9550+ yrs+4.4 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

£1,457
per year at grade D
£1,028
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £429 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £19,785.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £999 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 April 2016£70,000
8 April 2002£15,317

Estimated today: £102,758 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Cherrycroft: 140 sales since 1995 · £86,925 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Moorside Community Primary Academy SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Holland Moor Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Up Holland High SchoolSecondary1.5 miAttainment 8 48.8 · no Progress 8 published
St Peter's Catholic High SchoolSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.12 · average (2023/24)
Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 -0.42 · 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.

14.6
crimes a month
161
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 54% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025503, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cherrycroft

How this home sits against its street.

132
graded homes
66
average score
C
most common grade
-4.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.