8 Sutherland Drive, Newcastle ST5 3NB

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 155 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

GC for £19,200 · £4,800 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£4710.1 yrs+5.8 pts
Draughtproofing£120£4650.3 yrs+5.8 pts · reaches F
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£5521.3 yrs+6.8 pts
Loft insulation£350£2631.3 yrs+3.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,500 – £500£4122.4 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches E
High-retention storage heaters£5,400 – £400£1,0872.7 yrs+13.5 pts
Low energy lighting£100£244.1 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£4287.0 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£5117.8 yrs+6.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£59611.7 yrs+7.4 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£6,500 – £500£20017.5 yrs+2.5 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

£7,326
per year at grade G
£2,318
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £4,808 a year — a 25.0% annual return on £19,200.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £4,136 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 September 2016£343,600

Estimated today: £543,584 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sutherland Drive: 58 sales since 1995 · £520,038 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Seabridge Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Langdale Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Westlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Newcastle AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -1.19 · well below average (2023/24)
Clayton Hall AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 0.00 · average (2023/24)
St John Fisher Catholic CollegeSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.40 · 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.

3
crimes a month
18
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029608, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sutherland Drive

How this home sits against its street.

29
graded homes
57
average score
D
most common grade
-44.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.