4 Shap Close, Washington NE38 7NH

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 228 m² · Rented (private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £12,635 · £12,635 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2673.8 yrs+5.6 pts
Low energy lighting£135£1211.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£24746.6 yrs+5.2 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

£3,206
per year at grade D
£2,681
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £525 a year — a 4.2% annual return on £12,635.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,893 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 October 2000£175,000
26 May 1999£168,000

Estimated today: £528,944 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shap Close: 9 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Biddick Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
John F Kennedy Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Fatfield AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Biddick AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.25 · below average (2023/24)
St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, WashingtonSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Oxclose Community AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.37 · 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.

36.1
crimes a month
397
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01008848, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Shap Close

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
67.8
average score
C
most common grade
-6.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.