8 Loweswater Avenue, Easington Lane, Houghton Le Spring DH5 0PS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 87 m² · Unknown · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

D → B for £15,205 · £7,603 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation—£1,200 – £200£798.8 yrs+4.5 pts
Heating controls—£450£2915.5 yrs+1.7 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting—£55£315.8 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating—£6,000 – £0£6248.7 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels—£8,000 – £0£7450+ yrs+4.2 pts
Solid wall insulation—£14,000 – £0£8650+ yrs+4.9 pts · reaches B

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

£1,389
per year at grade D
£1,056
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £333 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £15,205.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £955 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 January 2025£98,000
25 April 2017£53,500

Estimated today: £103,646 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Loweswater Avenue: 5 sales since 1995 · £71,625 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—
Hetton Lyons Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi—
Hetton Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi—
Hetton AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.18 · average (2023/24)
KepierSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Easington AcademySecondary3.7 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.

Loweswater Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
63.9
average score
D
most common grade
+0.1
this home vs street
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