Knights Close, Countersett, Askrigg, Leyburn DL8 3DF

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 128 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

GB for £34,685 · £6,937 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£2610.1 yrs+7.7 pts
Draughtproofing£120£2570.5 yrs+7.5 pts · reaches F
Loft insulation£350£1452.4 yrs+4.3 pts
Low energy lighting£35£132.6 yrs+0.4 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£2,700 – £700£4214.0 yrs+12.4 pts · reaches E
Heating controls£450£1114.0 yrs+3.3 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£3059.8 yrs+9.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£28210.6 yrs+8.3 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£23712.7 yrs+6.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£33021.2 yrs+9.7 pts · reaches C
Double glazing£6,500 – £500£11031.7 yrs+3.2 pts
Wind turbine£25,000 – £0£25349.4 yrs+7.4 pts · reaches B

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

£4,081
per year at grade G
£1,354
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,727 a year — a 7.9% annual return on £34,685.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

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
Hawes Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Bainbridge Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
Askrigg Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary3.9 mi

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.

4.3
crimes a month
34
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027742, 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.