5 Boston Close, Darlington DL1 2RF

Semi-Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 57 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £9,950 · £9,950 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Party wall insulation£300 – £600£2319.6 yrs+2.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£3950+ yrs+4.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£4250+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£3350+ yrs+4.1 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

£982
per year at grade C
£845
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £104 a year — a 1.0% annual return on £9,950.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,021 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 September 2007£117,500

Estimated today: £148,056 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Boston Close: 24 sales since 1995 · £133,625 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Harrowgate Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Springfield AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Haughton AcademySecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.57 · well below average (2023/24)
Longfield AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.47 · below average (2023/24)
St Aidan's Church of England AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.96 · well 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.

3.9
crimes a month
31
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012330, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Boston Close

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
68.8
average score
C
most common grade
+0.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.