81 Hillside Drive, Christchurch BH23 2RT

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 96 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £29,985 · £9,995 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£822.7 yrs+3.0 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£636.4 yrs+2.3 pts
Low energy lighting£60£87.9 yrs+0.3 pts
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£6219.2 yrs+2.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10624.5 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£17329.0 yrs+6.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13437.3 yrs+4.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£16040.7 yrs+5.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£18748.2 yrs+6.9 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

£1,923
per year at grade E
£949
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £974 a year — a 3.2% annual return on £29,985.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,331 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 July 2015£330,000
5 August 2004£263,000
4 July 1996£95,000

Estimated today: £451,786 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hillside Drive: 175 sales since 1995 · £502,537 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Twynham Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Jewell Academy BournemouthPrimary1.2 mi
Burton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Avonbourne Boys' AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 +0.28 · above average (2023/24)
Avonbourne Girls AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 +0.40 · above average (2023/24)
Twynham SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.16 · 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.

14.4
crimes a month
158
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020365, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Hillside Drive

How this home sits against its street.

72
graded homes
60.9
average score
D
most common grade
-13.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.