55 Copley, Bishop Auckland DL13 5LS

Enclosed Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 77 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EA for £46,808 · £11,702 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£891.1 yrs+6.8 pts
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £400£902.3 yrs+6.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£10532.2 yrs+8.1 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6540.1 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8250+ yrs+6.3 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£9850+ yrs+7.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£11450+ yrs+8.7 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£8750+ yrs+6.7 pts · reaches A

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

£2,127
per year at grade E
£1,397
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £730 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £46,808.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,398 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 May 2017£75,000
7 August 2003£44,000
27 September 2001£34,500
5 August 1998£21,000

Estimated today: £111,523 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Woodland Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Butterknowle Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Cockfield Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Staindrop AcademySecondary3.9 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Teesdale School and Sixth FormSecondary5.4 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Wolsingham SchoolSecondary7.4 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.