4a Abington, Ouston, Chester Le Street DH2 1QZ

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1950-1966 · 34 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £7,058 · £3,529 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1780.1 yrs+6.1 pts
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£4112.4 yrs+14.1 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£35£93.8 yrs+0.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1566.4 yrs+5.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£20824.0 yrs+7.1 pts · reaches C

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

£1,648
per year at grade E
£686
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £962 a year — a 13.6% annual return on £7,058.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £887 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 December 2023£32,500

Estimated today: £33,331 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Abington: 85 sales since 1995 · £107,510 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, OustonPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Ouston Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Pelton Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Lord Lawson of Beamish AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.28 · below average (2023/24)
Park View SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.14 · average (2023/24)
Hermitage AcademySecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.12 · 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.

8.3
crimes a month
83
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020614, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Abington

How this home sits against its street.

41
graded homes
58.9
average score
D
most common grade
-15.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.