1 Carr Row, Leamside, Houghton Le Spring DH4 6QH

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 127 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DA for £29,500 · £9,833 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9111.0 yrs+4.0 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,400 – £3,600£24012.5 yrs+10.5 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£12241.0 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9550+ yrs+4.1 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£11350+ yrs+4.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£13250+ yrs+5.8 pts · reaches A
Wind turbine(optional, beyond A)£15,000 – £25,000£10150+ yrs+4.4 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

£2,526
per year at grade D
£1,632
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £793 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £29,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,463 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 June 2015£207,500
11 April 2008£225,000

Estimated today: £299,385 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Carr Row: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
West Rainton Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
East Rainton Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Lumley Junior SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Hetton AcademySecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.18 · average (2023/24)
KepierSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Belmont Community SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.15 · 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.

15.5
crimes a month
171
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020727, 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.