159 Middle Drive, Ponteland, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE20 9DU

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 144 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £6,500 · £6,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1158.7 yrs+4.9 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8611.7 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£10642.3 yrs+4.5 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

£1,809
per year at grade C
£1,502
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £307 a year — a 4.7% annual return on £6,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,073 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 November 2022£710,000
14 June 2019£415,000
12 January 2015£325,000

Estimated today: £790,983 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Middle Drive: 255 sales since 1995 · £597,018 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Darras Hall Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Ponteland Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Ponteland Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Ponteland High SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Walbottle AcademySecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.69 · well below average (2023/24)
Callerton AcademySecondary3.5 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

11.1
crimes a month
122
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033714, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Middle Drive

How this home sits against its street.

114
graded homes
66
average score
D
most common grade
+3.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.