The Hermitage, Hexham NE46 4PB

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 799 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

GD for £22,000 · £7,333 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1,6180.1 yrs+5.8 pts
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1,6400.2 yrs+5.9 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£9140.2 yrs+3.3 pts · reaches F
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1,9190.5 yrs+6.9 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2,6480.8 yrs+9.5 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£175£842.1 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£1,1792.2 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£1,7763.7 yrs+6.4 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£2,0754.3 yrs+7.5 pts · reaches D
Double glazing(optional, beyond D)£3,300 – £6,500£6957.1 yrs+2.5 pts
Wind turbine(optional, beyond D)£15,000 – £25,000£1,59012.6 yrs+5.7 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

£25,014
per year at grade G
£8,876
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £13,853 a year — a 63.0% annual return on £22,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £18,895 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
The Sele First SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
St Mary's Catholic First School, HexhamPrimary0.8 mi
Acomb First SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Queen Elizabeth High SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Haydon Bridge High SchoolSecondary6.1 miProgress 8 -0.58 · 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.

22.2
crimes a month
244
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027476, 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.