Thorpe Lea East, Easington Colliery, Peterlee SR8 3UT

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 202 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, wood pellets, Room heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

FE for £8,800 · £8,800 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£6216.1 yrs+2.6 pts
Low energy lighting£50£318.3 yrs+0.1 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£5250+ yrs+2.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4850+ yrs+2.0 pts · reaches E
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond E)£4,000 – £14,000£6750+ yrs+2.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond E)£9,000 – £14,000£5850+ yrs+2.4 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

£3,059
per year at grade F
£2,769
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £165 a year — a 1.9% annual return on £8,800.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

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
Easington Colliery Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Easington CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Easington AcademySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.12 · average (2023/24)
Dene AcademySecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.33 · above average (2023/24)
Seaham High SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 -0.43 · 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.

51.8
crimes a month
570
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020752, 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.