Burnside House, Burnside, Houghton Le Spring DH4 5HF

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 205 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing(optional, beyond C)£150 – £250£1131.8 yrs+1.9 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£13450+ yrs+2.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£12450+ yrs+2.1 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£4,500 – £6,000£4950+ yrs+0.8 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

£2,444
per year at grade C
£2,023
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £2,271 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 December 2025£320,000
11 October 2013£215,000
16 February 2006£270,000

Estimated today: £319,108 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Burnside: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Burnside Academy InspiresPrimary0.1 mi
Bernard Gilpin Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Newbottle Primary AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
KepierSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Hetton AcademySecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.18 · average (2023/24)
Farringdon Community AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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.

39.4
crimes a month
433
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01008754, 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.