2 Newtown Barn, Sandwith, Whitehaven CA28 9UP

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1983-1990 · 138 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,180 · £1,180 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£930.3 yrs+4.1 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1096.4 yrs+4.8 pts
Heating controls£450£4011.3 yrs+1.8 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£8535.5 yrs+3.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£10139.7 yrs+4.5 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

£1,443
per year at grade D
£1,016
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £242 a year — a 20.5% annual return on £1,180.

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

11 July 2018£198,000

Estimated today: £268,818 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Summer Hill: 3 sales since 1995 · £120,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Kells Infant SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Valley Primary School and NurseryPrimary1.6 mi
The Whitehaven AcademySecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.24 · below average (2023/24)
St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
West Lakes AcademySecondary3.7 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.

5
crimes a month
40
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 60% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019302, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Summer Hill

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
37.8
average score
E
most common grade
+22.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.