5 Drockmill Close, Polegate BN26 6LX

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 73 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,500 · £7,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£6750+ yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£6250+ 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

£1,216
per year at grade D
£1,087
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £67 a year — a 0.9% annual return on £7,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £1,113 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 March 2010£272,000
25 May 2007£245,000
9 September 2005£225,000
30 September 2004£220,000
1 November 1999£99,950
24 September 1996£60,000

Estimated today: £448,225 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Drockmill Close: 17 sales since 1995 · £290,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Polegate Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Oakwood Primary AcademyPrimary1.2 mi
Willingdon Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Willingdon Community SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
The Eastbourne AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.88 · well below average (2023/24)
The Turing SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.99 · well 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.

3.9
crimes a month
35
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034304, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Drockmill Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
63
average score
D
most common grade
+3.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.