79 Lambourne Close, Houghton Le Spring DH4 6EP

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 68 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,000 · £1,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5917.0 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches C
Heating controls(optional, beyond C)£350 – £450£2118.7 yrs+1.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£5450+ yrs+4.8 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£4650+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,302
per year at grade D
£1,122
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £59 a year — a 5.9% annual return on £1,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,785 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 August 2021£83,000
29 April 2013£60,000
29 September 1995£23,000

Estimated today: £97,372 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lambourne Close: 29 sales since 1995 · £74,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bournmoor Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Woodlea Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Dubmire PrimaryPrimary1.0 mi
KepierSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Park View SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.14 · average (2023/24)
St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, WashingtonSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.13 · 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.

15.6
crimes a month
172
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020591, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lambourne Close

How this home sits against its street.

63
graded homes
68.6
average score
D
most common grade
-4.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.