Forest Edge, Dark Lane, Hinton, Christchurch BH23 7EA

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 108 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FC for £27,730 · £9,243 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£55£202.7 yrs+0.4 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,400 – £3,600£9123.3 yrs+16.5 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£3513.3 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£42810.5 yrs+7.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£46310.8 yrs+8.4 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£35913.9 yrs+6.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£50018.0 yrs+9.1 pts · reaches C

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

£4,844
per year at grade F
£1,810
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £3,034 a year — a 10.9% annual return on £27,730.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £4,782 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 May 2025£385,000

Estimated today: £393,119 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dark Lane: 16 sales since 1995 · £608,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Highcliffe St Mark Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
New Milton Junior SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
New Milton Infant SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Highcliffe SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)
The Arnewood SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.84 · well below average (2023/24)
The Grange SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.27 · 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.

6.1
crimes a month
61
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022996, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dark Lane

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
39.6
average score
E
most common grade
-18.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.