159 Canterbury Road, Durham DH1 5NF

Semi-Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 87 m² · Warm air, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £4,338 · £2,169 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £400£1081.9 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches D
Loft insulation£100 – £350£603.8 yrs+2.4 pts
Low energy lighting£30£65.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1267.9 yrs+5.0 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9410.6 yrs+3.8 pts
Warm air unit replacement£1,250 – £2,500£4542.0 yrs+1.8 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£9850+ yrs+3.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£11750+ yrs+4.6 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

£1,840
per year at grade E
£1,188
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £438 a year — a 10.1% annual return on £4,338.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,078 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

9 November 2012£120,000
9 November 2012£120,000
23 March 2007£150,000
23 March 2007£150,000

Estimated today: £173,138 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Canterbury Road: 138 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Finchale Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Durham Newton Hall Infants' SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Framwellgate School DurhamSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)
St Leonard's Catholic School, DurhamSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.64 · well above average (2023/24)
Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.18 · 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.

3
crimes a month
21
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020721, to 2026-05. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Canterbury Road

How this home sits against its street.

69
graded homes
65.1
average score
D
most common grade
-12.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.