Howcans, Front Street, Esh, Esh DH7 9QS

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 104 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EA for £36,500 · £9,125 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1476.8 yrs+7.5 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£19717.3 yrs+10.0 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£12121.5 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£18224.7 yrs+9.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£15332.7 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£16350+ yrs+8.3 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

£2,118
per year at grade E
£1,154
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £964 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £36,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,417 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 December 2023£300,000

Estimated today: £326,911 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Front Street: 63 sales since 1995 · £208,114 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Esh CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh VillagePrimary0.2 mi
Langley Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Durham AcademySecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.25 · below average (2023/24)
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, LanchesterSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolSecondary3.8 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.

8
crimes a month
88
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020660, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Front Street

How this home sits against its street.

36
graded homes
48.7
average score
E
most common grade
-1.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.