2 South View, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring DH5 0NS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 122 m² · Owner-Occupied · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

GC for £25,700 · £6,425 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£150 – £250£5600.4 yrs+7.1 pts · reaches F
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£5042.1 yrs+6.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£4962.4 yrs+6.3 pts
Change of heating system£3,500 – £10,000£1,8953.6 yrs+24.0 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£66411.3 yrs+8.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£61514.6 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches C

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

£6,288
per year at grade G
£1,555
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £4,733 a year — a 18.4% annual return on £25,700.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

South View: 10 sales since 1995 · £60,875 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Easington Lane Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
South Hetton PrimaryPrimary0.9 mi
Hetton Lyons Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Hetton AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.18 · average (2023/24)
KepierSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Easington AcademySecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.12 · 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.

21.3
crimes a month
234
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01008746, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

South View

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
62.8
average score
D
most common grade
-48.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.