Pondfield Villa, Consett DH8 9HF

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 279 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £32,220 · £16,110 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2903.5 yrs+4.6 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1053.8 yrs+1.7 pts
Low energy lighting£70£135.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£24011.5 yrs+3.8 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£17814.6 yrs+2.8 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£31328.7 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£26842.9 yrs+4.3 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£10546.7 yrs+1.7 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

£3,570
per year at grade D
£2,058
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,512 a year — a 4.7% annual return on £32,220.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £3,119 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 March 1997£92,000

Estimated today: £316,232 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Castleside Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Moorside Primary AcademyPrimary1.8 mi
St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, ConsettPrimary1.9 mi
Consett AcademySecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.20 · average (2023/24)
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, LanchesterSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
Wolsingham SchoolSecondary6.5 miProgress 8 -0.35 · below 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.

9.2
crimes a month
92
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020664, 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.