Holmside, Middlestone, Bishop Auckland DL14 8AF

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 96 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £25,903 · £8,634 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1910.5 yrs+6.2 pts
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £400£1941.1 yrs+6.3 pts
Low energy lighting£20£102.0 yrs+0.3 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£824.8 yrs+2.7 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£1726.8 yrs+5.6 pts · reaches E
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£13918.7 yrs+4.5 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£22722.1 yrs+7.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£17628.4 yrs+5.7 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£21031.0 yrs+6.8 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£8250+ yrs+2.7 pts · reaches C

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

£2,970
per year at grade F
£1,488
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,482 a year — a 5.7% annual return on £25,903.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,819 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kirk Merrington Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Middlestone Moor AcademyPrimary1.1 mi
Victoria Lane AcademyPrimary1.2 mi
Whitworth Park AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.01 · average (2023/24)
Ferryhill SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
King James I Academy Bishop AucklandSecondary2.7 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.

11.7
crimes a month
129
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020875, 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.