Upgrade Plan
Get upgrade quotes| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor insulation(optional, beyond C) | — | £800 – £1,200 | £82 | 12.2 yrs | +2.8 pts |
| Heating controls(optional, beyond C) | — | £350 – £450 | £30 | 13.4 yrs | +1.0 pts |
| Solar water heating(optional, beyond C) | — | £4,000 – £6,000 | £63 | 50+ yrs | +2.2 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
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
Estimated today: £205,564 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Bowes Lea: 26 sales since 1995 · £146,595 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bournmoor Primary School | Primary | 0.5 mi | — |
| Shiney Row Primary School | Primary | 0.6 mi | — |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw | Primary | 0.7 mi | — |
| Kepier | Secondary | 1.8 mi | Progress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24) |
| St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington | Secondary | 2.0 mi | Progress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24) |
| Biddick Academy | Secondary | 2.2 mi | Progress 8 -0.25 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034518, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Bowes Lea
How this home sits against its street.