1 Scripton Farm, Brancepeth, Durham DH7 8DB

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 121 m² · Owner-occupied · Ground source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

DB for £20,650 · £10,325 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£10010.0 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Heating controls£350 – £450£3710.9 yrs+1.6 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£8333.0 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7850+ yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£9350+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,985
per year at grade D
£1,594
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £391 a year — a 1.9% annual return on £20,650.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,061 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 April 2010£212,000

Estimated today: £290,429 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Brandon Primary AcademyPrimary0.8 mi
Browney Primary AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley MoorPrimary1.4 mi
Durham AcademySecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.25 · below average (2023/24)
Parkside AcademySecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolSecondary3.2 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.

16.9
crimes a month
186
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020685, 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.