South Acres, Wooler NE71 6QJ

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 154 m² · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

F → C for £26,535 · £8,845 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting—£35£241.5 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation—£800 – £1,200£5391.9 yrs+8.6 pts · reaches E
Solar water heating—£4,000 – £6,000£41812.0 yrs+6.7 pts
Solid wall insulation—£4,000 – £14,000£58215.5 yrs+9.3 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels—£9,000 – £14,000£49923.1 yrs+8.0 pts · reaches C

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

£4,998
per year at grade F
£2,937
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,061 a year — a 7.8% annual return on £26,535.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £2,342 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 June 2021£400,000
20 November 2012£300,000

Estimated today: £499,119 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wooler First SchoolPrimary0.3 mi—
Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, FordPrimary7.2 mi—
Branton Primary School and NurseryPrimary7.4 mi—

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.

5.9
crimes a month
47
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 26% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027375, 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.