Down at the Farm, Houghton Le Spring DH5 8JG

Detached house · Built 2007-2011 · 224 m² · Owner-Occupied · Ground source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

CA for £31,900 · £15,950 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£3312.1 yrs+2.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7150+ yrs+4.8 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£8450+ yrs+5.8 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£7550+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches A

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

£2,278
per year at grade C
£2,015
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £263 a year — a 0.8% annual return on £31,900.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,256 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Gillas Lane Primary AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
Bernard Gilpin Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Newbottle Primary AcademyPrimary1.1 mi
KepierSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Farringdon Community AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
Hetton AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.18 · 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.

13
crimes a month
130
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 21% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01008720, 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.