68 Bradley Close, Ouston, Chester Le Street DH2 1TJ

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1976-1982 · 23 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,000 · £7,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£1815.5 yrs+6.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£6914.6 yrs+2.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9250+ yrs+3.2 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

£1,076
per year at grade D
£735
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £341 a year — a 4.9% annual return on £7,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £695 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 July 2019£23,000
27 October 2006£52,750
28 November 2005£34,000
18 January 2002£14,000
5 July 1996£12,000
27 July 1995£18,000

Estimated today: £28,064 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bradley Close: 140 sales since 1995 · £109,388 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ouston Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, OustonPrimary0.6 mi
Pelton Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Lord Lawson of Beamish AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.28 · below average (2023/24)
Hermitage AcademySecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.12 · average (2023/24)
Park View SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.14 · 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.

3.5
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 E01020623, to 2026-05. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bradley Close

How this home sits against its street.

62
graded homes
64.8
average score
D
most common grade
-4.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.