17 Osborne Close, Darlington DL3 9YE

Semi-Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 63 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £9,500 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£2950+ yrs+5.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£3250+ yrs+5.6 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£2550+ yrs+4.3 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

£966
per year at grade C
£880
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £61 a year — a 0.6% annual return on £9,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £573 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 April 2022£170,000
31 October 2014£125,000
2 April 2004£110,000
22 March 1996£48,000

Estimated today: £193,404 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Osborne Close: 57 sales since 1995 · £171,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mowden Infant SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Abbey Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Mowden Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Carmel CollegeSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Hummersknott AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Wyvern AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.52 · 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.

4.6
crimes a month
46
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012347, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Osborne Close

How this home sits against its street.

23
graded homes
64.8
average score
D
most common grade
+6.2
this home vs street
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