Griffins, Sutton Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking RH5 6PS

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 236 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £24,320 · £8,107 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£4682.1 yrs+7.5 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1702.3 yrs+2.7 pts · reaches E
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£3492.9 yrs+5.6 pts
Low energy lighting£70£203.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£3887.1 yrs+6.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£2879.0 yrs+4.6 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£36313.8 yrs+5.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£43326.6 yrs+7.0 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

£4,806
per year at grade F
£2,327
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,479 a year — a 10.2% annual return on £24,320.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £4,171 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 August 2014£980,000
11 July 2002£820,000

Estimated today: £1,309,355 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sutton Lane: 5 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Peaslake Free SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Shere CofE Aided Infant SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Surrey Hills All Saints Primary SchoolPrimary3.0 mi
The Priory Church of England SchoolSecondary3.8 miAttainment 8 40.1 · no Progress 8 published
The Ashcombe SchoolSecondary4.6 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Glebelands SchoolSecondary4.9 miAttainment 8 53.2 · no Progress 8 published

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.

9.6
crimes a month
96
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030555, 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.