Hillcote, Stocksfield NE43 7RZ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 95 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

GD for £41,693 · £13,898 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£3210.1 yrs+6.7 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£3160.3 yrs+6.6 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1791.3 yrs+3.7 pts
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£3001.7 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches F
Low energy lighting£45£162.7 yrs+0.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2803.6 yrs+5.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£3759.1 yrs+7.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£29117.2 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£34718.7 yrs+7.3 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£13636.1 yrs+2.8 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£31150+ yrs+6.5 pts · reaches D

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

£4,660
per year at grade G
£1,789
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £2,871 a year — a 6.9% annual return on £41,693.

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

12 January 2018£195,000

Estimated today: £286,750 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Broomley First SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Whittonstall First SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Mickley First SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Prudhoe Community High SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Consett AcademySecondary6.3 miProgress 8 -0.20 · 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.

2.5
crimes a month
20
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027507, 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.