8 Mere Lane, Scarborough YO11 2YN

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 179 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £2,000 · £2,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1695.9 yrs+2.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1267.9 yrs+1.8 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£1,000 – £1,400£6119.6 yrs+0.9 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£13138.2 yrs+1.9 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

£2,292
per year at grade D
£1,805
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £295 a year — a 14.8% annual return on £2,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,552 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Mere Lane: 8 sales since 1995 · £332,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Thomas Hinderwell Primary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Wheatcroft Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, ScarboroughPrimary0.9 mi
Scarborough University Technical CollegeSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
George Pindar SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.76 · 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.

15.2
crimes a month
152
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027868, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Mere Lane

How this home sits against its street.

5
graded homes
54.2
average score
E
most common grade
+11.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.