3 Southside, Butterknowle, Bishop Auckland DL13 5JS

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 90 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

EB for £43,055 · £14,352 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£855.9 yrs+6.5 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£10731.9 yrs+8.1 pts · reaches D
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£1837.3 yrs+1.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£9945.6 yrs+7.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8350+ yrs+6.3 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£11550+ yrs+8.7 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£8850+ yrs+6.7 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

£2,583
per year at grade E
£1,988
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £595 a year — a 1.4% annual return on £43,055.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,820 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 June 2025£125,000
26 January 2024£118,000
16 December 2022£115,300
24 September 2018£30,000

Estimated today: £134,558 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Butterknowle Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Cockfield Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Woodland Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Staindrop AcademySecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Teesdale School and Sixth FormSecondary6.6 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Wolsingham SchoolSecondary7.0 miProgress 8 -0.35 · 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.

11.5
crimes a month
126
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020864, 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.