38 Lea Side, Consett DH8 7AD

Mid-Terrace bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 78 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £14,500 · £14,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£4550+ yrs+4.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£4950+ yrs+5.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3850+ 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

£1,269
per year at grade C
£1,137
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £132 a year — a 0.9% annual return on £14,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,325 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 February 2025£112,000
4 December 1998£38,950

Estimated today: £116,626 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lea Side: 53 sales since 1995 · £85,660 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Delves Lane Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Consett Infant SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Consett Junior SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Consett AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.20 · average (2023/24)
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, LanchesterSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
Tanfield SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.83 · well 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.

10.9
crimes a month
109
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020651, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lea Side

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
63.8
average score
D
most common grade
+6.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.