Lambsgate Cottage, Alston CA9 3LD

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 100 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

EA for £42,723 · £10,681 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£810.3 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£25£46.0 yrs+0.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£7114.2 yrs+5.6 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£7216.4 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7350+ yrs+5.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£8850+ yrs+6.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£10250+ yrs+8.1 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£7850+ yrs+6.2 pts · reaches A

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

£1,919
per year at grade E
£1,350
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £569 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £42,723.

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

30 September 2021£225,000
28 October 2016£169,950
19 October 2006£155,000

Estimated today: £262,705 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Alston Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Nenthead Primary SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
Whitfield CofE Primary SchoolPrimary8.0 mi
Samuel King's SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.24 · 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.

11.4
crimes a month
125
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019305, 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.