2 The Croft, Blackbrook, Newcastle ST5 5EL

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 121 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £13,300 · £13,300 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£5721.2 yrs+2.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£9627.1 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£14531.1 yrs+6.0 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£15632.0 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£12141.2 yrs+5.1 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

£1,781
per year at grade D
£1,206
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £454 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £13,300.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 September 2024£285,000
20 November 2018£194,500
13 August 2003£143,000

Estimated today: £305,082 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Croft: 11 sales since 1995 · £220,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Hugo Meynell CofE (VC) Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Madeley High SchoolSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Newcastle AcademySecondary5.8 miProgress 8 -1.19 · well below average (2023/24)
The Grove SchoolSecondary6.0 miProgress 8 -0.48 · 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.

10.1
crimes a month
91
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029570, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Croft

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
52.7
average score
D
most common grade
+2.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.