9 Newminster Close, Houghton Le Spring DH4 5LF

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 66 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£15£34.4 yrs+0.1 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£800 – £1,200£7712.9 yrs+2.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£6050+ yrs+1.7 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

£1,055
per year at grade C
£914
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £702 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Newminster Close: 6 sales since 1995 · £112,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newbottle Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Burnside Academy InspiresPrimary0.6 mi
Dubmire PrimaryPrimary0.7 mi
KepierSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Hetton AcademySecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.18 · average (2023/24)
Farringdon Community AcademySecondary2.7 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.

7.2
crimes a month
65
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01008751, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Newminster Close

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
69.7
average score
C
most common grade
+4.3
this home vs street
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