18 McGuinness Avenue, Peterlee SR8 4AP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 65 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £9,650 · £4,825 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flue gas heat recovery£400 – £900£5013.1 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5119.6 yrs+4.1 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1921.6 yrs+1.5 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£3150+ yrs+2.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4050+ yrs+3.2 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£5,000 – £8,000£4750+ yrs+3.8 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

£1,042
per year at grade D
£805
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £190 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £9,650.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £708 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 June 2017£41,000

Estimated today: £58,303 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Mcguinness Avenue: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Cotsford Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Acre Rigg AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
Dene AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.33 · above average (2023/24)
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form CollegeSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below average (2023/24)
Easington AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.12 · 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.

14.1
crimes a month
155
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020765, 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.