1 The Cottage, Low Middleton DL2 1AX

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 209 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £21,805 · £21,805 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£772.9 yrs+1.8 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£596.8 yrs+1.4 pts
Low energy lighting£80£711.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£9926.3 yrs+2.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£14930.3 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12540.1 yrs+2.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£17450+ yrs+4.0 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

£2,720
per year at grade D
£2,032
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £688 a year — a 3.2% annual return on £21,805.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,787 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 September 2021£420,000
30 May 2003£175,000
10 January 2003£130,153

Estimated today: £487,712 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St. George's Church of England AcademyPrimary2.0 mi
Layfield Primary SchoolPrimary3.2 mi
Yarm Primary SchoolPrimary3.6 mi
Egglescliffe SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.06 · average (2023/24)
Conyers SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Hurworth SchoolSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 +0.12 · 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.

13
crimes a month
143
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012345, 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.