3 Kirkstone Close, Houghton Le Spring DH5 8DW

Semi-Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 56 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£3150+ yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£2850+ yrs+3.4 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

£994
per year at grade C
£935
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £916 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 October 2001£42,000
20 June 1997£41,000
24 May 1996£41,250

Estimated today: £126,350 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Kirkstone Close: 78 sales since 1995 · £87,294 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Gillas Lane Primary AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
Bernard Gilpin Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, HoughtonPrimary0.6 mi
KepierSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Hetton AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.18 · average (2023/24)
Farringdon Community AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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.

18.2
crimes a month
182
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01008714, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Kirkstone Close

How this home sits against its street.

22
graded homes
72
average score
C
most common grade
-3.0
this home vs street
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