Copper Beeches, Dark Lane, Hythe CT21 4BB

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 194 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £4,600 · £4,600 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3392.9 yrs+5.1 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2533.9 yrs+3.8 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£20812.5 yrs+3.1 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

£2,393
per year at grade C
£1,592
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £801 a year — a 17.4% annual return on £4,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,413 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 October 2014£605,000

Estimated today: £1,003,136 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dark Lane: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Saltwood CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Hythe Bay CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Brockhill Park Performing Arts CollegeSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -1.00 · well below average (2023/24)
The Folkestone School for GirlsSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 +0.29 · above average (2023/24)
Turner Free SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.55 · 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.

4.5
crimes a month
49
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024523, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.