159 The Broadway South, Darlington DL1 1DB

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 81 m² · Owner-occupied · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

EB for £22,553 · £7,518 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1210.2 yrs+6.4 pts
Low energy lighting£30£64.9 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1417.1 yrs+7.4 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£40312.4 yrs+21.2 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11045.6 yrs+5.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£13150+ yrs+6.9 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

£1,432
per year at grade E
£520
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £912 a year — a 4.0% annual return on £22,553.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

The Broadway South: 19 sales since 1995 · £112,400 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Heathfield Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Red Hall Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
St Aidan's Church of England AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.96 · well below average (2023/24)
Haughton AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.57 · well below average (2023/24)
Longfield AcademySecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.47 · 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.

25
crimes a month
275
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 26% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035183, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Broadway South

How this home sits against its street.

19
graded homes
65.2
average score
D
most common grade
-26.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.