Farnless Farm, Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill DL17 9EB

Semi-Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 158 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

GC for £20,648 · £5,162 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2900.1 yrs+7.3 pts · reaches F
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2860.3 yrs+7.2 pts
Low energy lighting£25£151.7 yrs+0.4 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1243.2 yrs+3.1 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2533.9 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches E
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£20812.5 yrs+5.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£33914.7 yrs+8.6 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£26319.0 yrs+6.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£31420.7 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£28150+ yrs+7.1 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

£4,694
per year at grade G
£2,320
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,093 a year — a 10.1% annual return on £20,648.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £3,059 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
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
West Cornforth Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Ferryhill Station Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Sedgefield Community CollegeSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above average (2023/24)
Ferryhill SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below average (2023/24)
Woodham AcademySecondary5.0 miProgress 8 +0.09 · 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.

5.3
crimes a month
42
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020796, 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.