62 Melsonby Crescent, Darlington DL1 4TS

End-Terrace house · Built 1967-1975 · 84 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £25,750 · £12,875 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£17543.0 yrs+7.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£18949.0 yrs+7.6 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£16250+ yrs+6.5 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

£1,766
per year at grade D
£1,241
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £525 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £25,750.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,620 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 February 2021£65,000
7 November 2014£67,000
21 May 2010£73,000

Estimated today: £80,850 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Melsonby Crescent: 29 sales since 1995 · £65,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St John's Church of England AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
The Rydal AcademyPrimary0.2 mi
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Aidan's Church of England AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.96 · well below average (2023/24)
Haughton AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.57 · well below average (2023/24)
Carmel CollegeSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.38 · 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.

16.9
crimes a month
186
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012341, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Melsonby Crescent

How this home sits against its street.

55
graded homes
69.2
average score
C
most common grade
-8.2
this home vs street
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