40 Lowbiggin, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE5 4PR

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1967-1975 · 43 m² · Rented (Social) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,000 · £1,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£3662.7 yrs+15.0 pts · reaches C
Flat roof insulation(optional, beyond C)£850 – £1,500£1418.3 yrs+5.8 pts
Shower heat recovery(optional, beyond C)£585 – £725£3121.5 yrs+1.3 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

£1,062
per year at grade D
£525
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £366 a year — a 36.6% annual return on £1,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,093 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Lowbiggin: 168 sales since 1995 · £93,647 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Simonside Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
St Mark's Catholic Primary School, WesterhopePrimary0.5 mi
Cheviot Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Callerton AcademySecondary0.1 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Studio WestSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -1.54 · well below average (2023/24)
Kenton SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.85 · 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.

10.3
crimes a month
103
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01008460, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lowbiggin

How this home sits against its street.

139
graded homes
66.7
average score
D
most common grade
-11.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.