Homes that leave room to live

Find the North East home that works after the mortgage.

Compare price, energy, council tax and the everyday cost of an area in one honest view. Because affordable should mean affordable to run—not just affordable to buy.

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6 neighbourhood signals
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Best fit, not biggest commission

Homes ranked around your real life

Home to work

Put your commute into the house price.

See the time, distance and modelled travel spend that comes with each home—not after you have already fallen for it.

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Fastest sample matchChester-le-Street
25 mineach way

11 hours/month · £69 modelled fuel

Mapbox provides exact driving, cycling and walking routes after you calculate. Initial values are representative preview estimates. Driving cost assumes 22p/mile and excludes parking.

Monthly affordability planner

Stress-test the home before it stress-tests you.

Change the assumptions once and every demonstration home updates instantly—including the commute and the costs that property portals usually leave out.

Planning tool only—not a mortgage quote or affordability decision. Energy and council-tax figures are indicative demonstration values; verify the property, tariff, band and lender terms.

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Current homes, kept separate from demonstration scoring.

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6 demonstration matchesUnder £175,000 · EPC C+ · to Newcastle city centre
DEMONSTRATION HOME#1 RIGHTFITEPC B
Bishop AucklandDL14

Efficient end-terrace with garden

3 bed · End terrace

£112,500~£544 mortgage / mo£11,250 deposit
Estimated monthly cost£945
Mortgage, home running, commute and your household extras
£755 headroom£1,075/mo at 7%
Your commute50 min each way

32 miles · 22 hrs/mo

£183travel / mo
Energy
£64/mo
Council tax
Band A estimate
Essentials
9 min walk
Transport
12 min to rail
Crime context
Below local average
Broadband
Superfast available
Life nearby8 practical checks
Food shops9 min walkCheck food businesses ↗GP surgeries13 min walkSearch NHS ↗Pharmacies10 min walkSearch NHS ↗Dentists16 min walkSearch NHS ↗Childcare11 min walkSearch Ofsted ↗Schools12 min walkCompare schools ↗Parks & leisure8 min walkFind the council ↗Council servicesDL14 lookupOpen GOV.UK ↗

Representative neighbourhood-centre journey times for this concept—not verified property distances. Check opening times, eligibility, school admissions and whether a dentist is accepting NHS patients.

91/100
RightFit score

Affordability 96 · Energy resilience 89

↗ Town-centre investment
DEMONSTRATION HOMEEPC B
Chester-le-StreetDH3

Low-energy flat near the station

2 bed · Flat

£137,500~£664 mortgage / mo£13,750 deposit
Estimated monthly cost£973
Mortgage, home running, commute and your household extras
£727 headroom£1,132/mo at 7%
Your commute25 min each way

12 miles · 11 hrs/mo

£69travel / mo
Energy
£55/mo
Council tax
Band B estimate
Essentials
4 min walk
Transport
6 min to rail
Crime context
Below local average
Broadband
Full fibre available
Life nearby8 practical checks
Food shops4 min walkCheck food businesses ↗GP surgeries8 min walkSearch NHS ↗Pharmacies6 min walkSearch NHS ↗Dentists12 min walkSearch NHS ↗Childcare9 min walkSearch Ofsted ↗Schools12 min walkCompare schools ↗Parks & leisure7 min walkFind the council ↗Council servicesDH3 lookupOpen GOV.UK ↗

Representative neighbourhood-centre journey times for this concept—not verified property distances. Check opening times, eligibility, school admissions and whether a dentist is accepting NHS patients.

88/100
RightFit score

Affordability 88 · Energy resilience 93

↗ Durham–Newcastle access
DEMONSTRATION HOMEEPC C
South ShieldsNE33

Tyneside terrace near the coast

2 bed · Terraced

£128,000~£618 mortgage / mo£12,800 deposit
Estimated monthly cost£941
Mortgage, home running, commute and your household extras
£759 headroom£1,089/mo at 7%
Your commute28 min each way

13 miles · 12 hrs/mo

£74travel / mo
Energy
£91/mo
Council tax
Band A estimate
Essentials
6 min walk
Transport
8 min to Metro
Crime context
Near local average
Broadband
Full fibre available
Life nearby8 practical checks
Food shops6 min walkCheck food businesses ↗GP surgeries11 min walkSearch NHS ↗Pharmacies8 min walkSearch NHS ↗Dentists15 min walkSearch NHS ↗Childcare12 min walkSearch Ofsted ↗Schools14 min walkCompare schools ↗Parks & leisure9 min walkFind the council ↗Council servicesNE33 lookupOpen GOV.UK ↗

Representative neighbourhood-centre journey times for this concept—not verified property distances. Check opening times, eligibility, school admissions and whether a dentist is accepting NHS patients.

86/100
RightFit score

Affordability 92 · Energy resilience 78

↗ Coastal regeneration
DEMONSTRATION HOMEEPC B
SunderlandSR4

Solar-ready family semi

3 bed · Semi-detached

£159,000~£768 mortgage / mo£15,900 deposit
Estimated monthly cost£1,106
Mortgage, home running, commute and your household extras
£594 headroom£1,290/mo at 7%
Your commute30 min each way

14 miles · 13 hrs/mo

£80travel / mo
Energy
£72/mo
Council tax
Band B estimate
Essentials
5 min walk
Transport
10 min to Metro
Crime context
Near local average
Broadband
Full fibre available
Life nearby8 practical checks
Food shops5 min walkCheck food businesses ↗GP surgeries9 min walkSearch NHS ↗Pharmacies7 min walkSearch NHS ↗Dentists14 min walkSearch NHS ↗Childcare10 min walkSearch Ofsted ↗Schools11 min walkCompare schools ↗Parks & leisure10 min walkFind the council ↗Council servicesSR4 lookupOpen GOV.UK ↗

Representative neighbourhood-centre journey times for this concept—not verified property distances. Check opening times, eligibility, school admissions and whether a dentist is accepting NHS patients.

84/100
RightFit score

Affordability 82 · Energy resilience 91

↗ Riverside employment
DEMONSTRATION HOMEEPC C
AshingtonNE63

Modernised terrace by the rail line

3 bed · Terraced

£119,950~£580 mortgage / mo£11,995 deposit
Estimated monthly cost£929
Mortgage, home running, commute and your household extras
£771 headroom£1,067/mo at 7%
Your commute34 min each way

18 miles · 15 hrs/mo

£103travel / mo
Energy
£88/mo
Council tax
Band A estimate
Essentials
7 min walk
Transport
11 min to station
Crime context
Above local average
Broadband
Full fibre available
Life nearby8 practical checks
Food shops7 min walkCheck food businesses ↗GP surgeries12 min walkSearch NHS ↗Pharmacies9 min walkSearch NHS ↗Dentists18 min walkSearch NHS ↗Childcare13 min walkSearch Ofsted ↗Schools15 min walkCompare schools ↗Parks & leisure7 min walkFind the council ↗Council servicesNE63 lookupOpen GOV.UK ↗

Representative neighbourhood-centre journey times for this concept—not verified property distances. Check opening times, eligibility, school admissions and whether a dentist is accepting NHS patients.

81/100
RightFit score

Affordability 94 · Energy resilience 76

↗ Northumberland Line
DEMONSTRATION HOMEEPC C
RedcarTS10

Coastal semi with new insulation

3 bed · Semi-detached

£145,000~£701 mortgage / mo£14,500 deposit
Estimated monthly cost£1,244
Mortgage, home running, commute and your household extras
£456 headroom£1,411/mo at 7%
Your commute70 min each way

48 miles · 30 hrs/mo

£274travel / mo
Energy
£83/mo
Council tax
Band B estimate
Essentials
8 min walk
Transport
7 min to rail
Crime context
Near local average
Broadband
Superfast available
Life nearby8 practical checks
Food shops8 min walkCheck food businesses ↗GP surgeries10 min walkSearch NHS ↗Pharmacies8 min walkSearch NHS ↗Dentists15 min walkSearch NHS ↗Childcare12 min walkSearch Ofsted ↗Schools13 min walkCompare schools ↗Parks & leisure6 min walkFind the council ↗Council servicesTS10 lookupOpen GOV.UK ↗

Representative neighbourhood-centre journey times for this concept—not verified property distances. Check opening times, eligibility, school admissions and whether a dentist is accepting NHS patients.

80/100
RightFit score

Affordability 86 · Energy resilience 82

↗ Net Zero Teesside

A different kind of property score

The asking price is only the first number.

RightFit is designed to show trade-offs, never hide them. It weights the costs that hit your bank account, then adds access to work, essentials and local resilience. Every input carries its date, geography and source.

Example scorecardDH3
Affordability88
Energy resilience93
Daily essentials91
Work & transport86
Area risk context79

We do not turn deprivation or crime into a “desirability” label. Context stays visible so the buyer—not an opaque algorithm—makes the decision.

The full local picture

What follows every home

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True monthly cost

Mortgage, energy and indicative council tax shown together.

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Energy & retrofit

EPC details, heating costs, recommendations and grant checks.

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Everyday access

Walking distance to food shops, transport and key services.

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Area trajectory

Planning constraints, major projects and transport investment.

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Risk in context

Flood and police data with dates, precision and caveats attached.

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Digital resilience

Postcode broadband coverage for working and living well.

Evidence, not guesswork

Official data, with the rough edges left visible.

The production product would combine licensed listings with official EPC, sold-price, council-tax, police, planning, flood, transport, broadband and energy data. Each fact should show when it was updated and whether it describes a property, postcode or wider area.

EPC data ↗Land Registry ↗Police.uk ↗Planning Data ↗Ofcom ↗IMD 2025 ↗

Screening information only—not a valuation, mortgage offer, conveyancing search or guarantee of eligibility. Always verify with the relevant authority, lender and solicitor.