12 West Blackdene, Bishop Auckland DL13 1EF

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 72 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

EB for £24,325 · £8,108 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1062.8 yrs+5.7 pts
Low energy lighting£25£54.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1258.0 yrs+6.7 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£458.8 yrs+2.4 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£17212.2 yrs+9.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9750+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£11550+ yrs+6.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£13550+ yrs+7.2 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

£1,503
per year at grade E
£703
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £800 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £24,325.

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

17 September 2021£180,000
18 October 2004£150,000
15 August 2003£106,000
1 February 2002£69,000
30 September 1996£49,862

Estimated today: £210,032 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wearhead Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
St John's Chapel Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Nenthead Primary SchoolPrimary6.3 mi

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.

4.8
crimes a month
43
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020889, 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.