14 Rye Close, Saltdean, Brighton BN2 8PP

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 77 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £10,000 · £10,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£5450+ yrs+5.6 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£4250+ yrs+4.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£5050+ yrs+5.1 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

£961
per year at grade C
£816
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £145 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £10,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £617 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 August 2025£417,500
12 June 2017£270,000

Estimated today: £418,394 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rye Close: 32 sales since 1995 · £381,875 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Telscombe Cliffs AcademyPrimary0.7 mi
Saltdean Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Peacehaven Heights AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
Peacehaven Community SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.21 · above average (2023/24)
Longhill High SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.70 · well below average (2023/24)
Seahaven AcademySecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.23 · 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.

5.3
crimes a month
32
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021027, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rye Close

How this home sits against its street.

15
graded homes
57.9
average score
D
most common grade
+12.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.