Dipton Cottage, Corbridge NE45 5RY

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 193 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £25,745 · £12,873 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2380.4 yrs+5.0 pts
Low energy lighting£145£1211.7 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£28217.7 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£21922.8 yrs+4.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£26124.9 yrs+5.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£30529.5 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£10248.0 yrs+2.2 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

£3,162
per year at grade E
£1,742
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,318 a year — a 5.1% annual return on £25,745.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,799 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 March 2014£645,000

Estimated today: £1,014,979 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Broomhaugh (VA) Church of England First SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Slaley First SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Corbridge (VA) Church of England First SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Queen Elizabeth High SchoolSecondary4.5 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above 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.

17.1
crimes a month
188
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 68% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027504, 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.