20 South Downs, Chilton, Ferryhill DL17 0QQ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 62 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £720 · £720 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£29.3 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£4914.2 yrs+5.8 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£3850+ yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£4650+ yrs+5.4 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

£1,207
per year at grade D
£1,072
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £51 a year — a 7.1% annual return on £720.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £755 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 April 2022£85,000
4 April 2003£32,250

Estimated today: £99,273 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

South Downs: 15 sales since 1995 · £72,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Chilton AcademyPrimary0.1 mi
Ferryhill Station Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Ferryhill SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
Woodham AcademySecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
Greenfield AcademySecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.50 · 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.

20.1
crimes a month
221
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020805, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

South Downs

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
68.4
average score
C
most common grade
-4.4
this home vs street
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