159 Dane Road, Margate CT9 2LS

Detached bungalow · Built 1900-1929 · 79 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £19,725 · £9,863 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£663.4 yrs+2.8 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1397.2 yrs+5.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£12835.0 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10846.4 yrs+4.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£15050+ yrs+6.3 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

£1,626
per year at grade D
£1,035
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £591 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £19,725.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,698 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 November 2025£340,000
26 July 2002£98,500
8 August 2000£50,000

Estimated today: £340,762 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dane Road: 209 sales since 1995 · £250,218 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Drapers Mills Primary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Cliftonville Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Hartsdown AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Dane Court Grammar SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.69 · well above average (2023/24)
The Charles Dickens SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above 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.

18.5
crimes a month
203
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024659, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dane Road

How this home sits against its street.

126
graded homes
65.9
average score
C
most common grade
-8.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.