17 Merrybent, Darlington DL2 2LB

Detached house · 1996-2002 · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£30 – £75typical£233.0 yrs+0.1 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond D)£2,600typical£2250+ yrs+1.0 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£5,000typical£2850+ yrs+1.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£4,500 – £9,000typical£3450+ yrs+1.5 pts
Wind turbine(optional, beyond D)£2,750 – £20,000typical£3050+ yrs+1.3 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£1,126
per year at grade D
£1,010
per year at grade D

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

28 May 2010£340,000
23 November 1999£90,000

Estimated today: £459,436 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Merrybent: 36 sales since 1995 · £421,625 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mowden Junior SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Mowden Infant SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
High Coniscliffe CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Hummersknott AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Wyvern AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.52 · well below average (2023/24)
Carmel CollegeSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.38 · 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.

15.2
crimes a month
152
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012334, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Merrybent

How this home sits against its street.

58
graded homes
51.2
average score
D
most common grade
+6.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.