3 Dene Grove, Darlington DL3 9LU

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 112 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £16,425 · £8,213 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£25£64.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Flue gas heat recovery£900£1366.6 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1407.2 yrs+5.1 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£517.9 yrs+1.9 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£8630.3 yrs+3.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£12950+ yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C

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

£2,222
per year at grade E
£1,674
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £548 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £16,425.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,349 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 September 2017£187,500
12 June 2015£212,000
6 July 2006£220,000
20 April 2004£168,000

Estimated today: £232,500 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dene Grove: 29 sales since 1995 · £210,458 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Reid Street Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Carmel CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Wyvern AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.52 · well below average (2023/24)
Hummersknott AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.48 · 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.

6.2
crimes a month
56
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012365, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dene Grove

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
56.4
average score
D
most common grade
-5.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.