7 Darren Close, Fareham PO14 2LU

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 118 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,000 · £1,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£9410.6 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£55£413.3 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£8750+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£7350+ yrs+3.7 pts

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

£1,467
per year at grade D
£1,208
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £94 a year — a 9.4% annual return on £1,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £910 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 March 2002£189,000
20 December 2001£188,750
31 March 1995£75,000

Estimated today: £483,618 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Darren Close: 5 sales since 1995 · £400,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Crofton Anne Dale Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Crofton Anne Dale Infant and Pre-SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Crofton Hammond Junior SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Crofton SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Fareham AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.40 · below average (2023/24)
Bridgemary SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -1.01 · 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.

6.5
crimes a month
65
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 54% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022777, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Darren Close

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
69.5
average score
C
most common grade
-2.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.