5 Maxwell Close, Darlington DL1 4JB

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 73 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

FC for £7,650 · £2,550 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flue gas heat recovery£400 – £900£1584.1 yrs+5.6 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1636.1 yrs+5.8 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1228.2 yrs+4.3 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£46410.8 yrs+16.5 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£12639.6 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£15143.2 yrs+5.3 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

£2,296
per year at grade F
£1,113
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £906 a year — a 11.8% annual return on £7,650.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,596 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 March 2015£92,000

Estimated today: £137,356 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Maxwell Close: 8 sales since 1995 · £141,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
St John's Church of England AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
The Rydal AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
St Aidan's Church of England AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.96 · well below average (2023/24)
Haughton AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.57 · well below average (2023/24)
Longfield AcademySecondary2.2 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.

11.7
crimes a month
129
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012306, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Maxwell Close

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
55.9
average score
D
most common grade
-18.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.