74 Darbys Lane, Poole BH15 3ET

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 151 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £5,175 · £5,175 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1218.2 yrs+4.1 pts
Low energy lighting£75£514.1 yrs+0.2 pts
High-performance doors£3,000 – £0£9715.4 yrs+3.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£7534.8 yrs+2.5 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£11250+ 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

£2,023
per year at grade D
£1,612
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £299 a year — a 5.8% annual return on £5,175.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,358 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 October 2014£355,000
11 August 2006£289,000
14 December 1998£112,000

Estimated today: £507,932 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Darbys Lane: 145 sales since 1995 · £284,842 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Stanley Green Infant AcademyPrimary0.2 mi
Canford Heath Infant SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Canford Heath Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, PooleSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
Poole High SchoolSecondary0.8 miAttainment 8 51.0 · no Progress 8 published
Parkstone Grammar SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.43 · above 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.

5.3
crimes a month
42
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015451, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Darbys Lane

How this home sits against its street.

79
graded homes
62.3
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.