1 Watergate, Houghton Le Spring DH4 6GL

Detached house · 2014 · 220 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,073
per year at grade B

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £721 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 June 2014£499,995

Estimated today: £701,300 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Watergate: 57 sales since 1995 · £240,933 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bournmoor Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Woodlea Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Shiney Row Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
KepierSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, WashingtonSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Biddick AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 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.

5.2
crimes a month
47
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034519, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Watergate

How this home sits against its street.

35
graded homes
88.8
average score
B
most common grade
+2.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.