2 Durham Avenue, Peterlee SR8 4PY

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 65 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £20,260 · £10,130 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£10£24.3 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5319.0 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£4450+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4150+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£4950+ yrs+4.9 pts · reaches B

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

£1,149
per year at grade D
£961
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £188 a year — a 0.9% annual return on £20,260.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £670 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 May 2013£53,000
26 June 2009£77,500
15 January 2008£85,000
3 October 1997£23,500

Estimated today: £77,612 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Durham Avenue: 17 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 SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Cotsford Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Yohden Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Dene AcademySecondary0.7 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 AcademySecondary1.8 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.

29.5
crimes a month
325
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020764, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Durham Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

22
graded homes
56.5
average score
E
most common grade
+7.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.