5 Swindale Cottages, Wylam NE41 8HD

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 48 m² · Rented (Social) · 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£4250+ yrs+6.2 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£4650+ yrs+6.7 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£3550+ yrs+5.2 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

£805
per year at grade C
£682
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £88 a year — a 0.9% annual return on £9,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,039 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

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
Wylam First SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Adderlane AcademyPrimary1.4 mi
Emmaville Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Thorp AcademySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.12 · average (2023/24)
Prudhoe Community High SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Walbottle AcademySecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.69 · 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.

9.2
crimes a month
83
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027513, 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.