Millcroft, Cornforth Lane, Coxhoe, Durham DH6 4ER

Detached bungalow · Built 1983-1990 · 184 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £7,540 · £7,540 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£40£313.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£6814.7 yrs+7.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£6350+ yrs+6.9 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine(optional, beyond B)£15,000 – £25,000£5750+ yrs+6.2 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

£2,007
per year at grade C
£1,816
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £134 a year — a 1.8% annual return on £7,540.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,424 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 March 2017£340,000
30 September 2005£315,000

Estimated today: £486,560 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Cornforth Lane: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Coxhoe Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
West Cornforth Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School AcademyPrimary1.6 mi
Ferryhill SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
Whitworth Park AcademySecondary4.2 miProgress 8 -0.01 · average (2023/24)
Sedgefield Community CollegeSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above 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.

19.8
crimes a month
218
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020797, 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.