14 Downs View, North Chailey, Lewes BN8 4HB

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 51 m² · Owner-Occupied · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

FB for £11,260 · £2,815 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£892.5 yrs+5.6 pts · reaches E
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£3684.1 yrs+23.2 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£35£84.3 yrs+0.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£17326.0 yrs+10.9 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£18726.8 yrs+11.8 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

£1,475
per year at grade F
£650
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £825 a year — a 7.3% annual return on £11,260.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

20 February 2024£245,000
8 August 2006£163,000

Estimated today: £250,258 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Downs View: 17 sales since 1995 · £346,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Chailey St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Newick Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
St Augustine's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Chailey SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above average (2023/24)
Oathall Community CollegeSecondary4.1 miProgress 8 +0.28 · above average (2023/24)
The Burgess Hill AcademySecondary5.2 miProgress 8 -0.46 · 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.

4.5
crimes a month
50
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021025, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Downs View

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
59
average score
C
most common grade
-24.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.