Merriefields, Hackhurst Lane, Lower Dicker, Hailsham BN27 4BP

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 230 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £26,305 · £13,153 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£30£93.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2015.0 yrs+5.9 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1506.6 yrs+4.4 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£1537.7 yrs+4.5 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£12421.0 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£15632.0 yrs+4.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£18634.9 yrs+5.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£21841.4 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£16750+ yrs+4.9 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

£3,346
per year at grade E
£1,982
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,197 a year — a 4.6% annual return on £26,305.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £2,176 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 August 2021£1,099,000

Estimated today: £1,154,505 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hackhurst Lane: 14 sales since 1995 · £1,002,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hellingly Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Chiddingly Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Hawkes Farm AcademyPrimary1.8 mi
Willingdon Community SchoolSecondary5.5 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Heathfield Community CollegeSecondary6.0 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
The Turing SchoolSecondary6.3 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.

8.7
crimes a month
87
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034299, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Hackhurst Lane

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
57.3
average score
D
most common grade
-17.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.