43 Low Etherley, Bishop Auckland DL14 0EX

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 73 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £13,523 · £6,761 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1230.2 yrs+4.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1447.0 yrs+5.7 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£527.6 yrs+2.1 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£8829.4 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£13333.8 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11244.8 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches B
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£15650+ yrs+6.2 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

£1,664
per year at grade D
£856
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £652 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £13,523.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £988 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 April 2026£109,000
14 October 2024£95,000
21 February 2023£82,000

Estimated today: £109,810 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton ParkPrimary0.5 mi
Toft Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Escomb Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form CollegeSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Bishop Barrington AcademySecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
King James I Academy Bishop AucklandSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.21 · 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.

8.1
crimes a month
65
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020859, 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.