3 The Close, Neasham, Darlington DL2 1PS

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 150 m² · Unknown · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,030 · £7,030 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£30£103.0 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2254.4 yrs+5.7 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1685.9 yrs+4.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£17528.6 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£20831.2 yrs+5.3 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

£2,457
per year at grade D
£1,671
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £578 a year — a 8.2% annual return on £7,030.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,740 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 June 2017£385,000

Estimated today: £480,794 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Close: 4 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hurworth Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
St. George's Church of England AcademyPrimary1.9 mi
Firthmoor Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Hurworth SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.12 · average (2023/24)
St Aidan's Church of England AcademySecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.96 · well below average (2023/24)
Haughton AcademySecondary3.8 miProgress 8 -0.57 · well 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.

19.8
crimes a month
218
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012338, 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.