17 Clara Street, Seaham SR7 0BU

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1900-1929 · 76 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £11,195 · £11,195 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£63.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1099.2 yrs+2.8 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£11110.6 yrs+2.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£15850+ yrs+4.1 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

£1,482
per year at grade D
£1,098
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £384 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £11,195.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £934 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 November 2021£55,000
25 August 2006£67,500
2 August 2002£27,950
4 September 1998£18,500

Estimated today: £57,523 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Clara Street: 20 sales since 1995 · £91,250 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Seaview Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Seaham Trinity Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Seaham High SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.43 · below average (2023/24)
Venerable Bede Church of England AcademySecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -1.04 · well below average (2023/24)
Southmoor AcademySecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.28 · 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.

7.4
crimes a month
81
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020783, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Clara Street

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
65.4
average score
D
most common grade
-4.4
this home vs street
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