85 Downs Hill, Beckenham BR3 5HD

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 227 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £11,700 · £5,850 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1883.7 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£17423.0 yrs+4.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£20434.4 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches B

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

£2,288
per year at grade D
£1,722
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £566 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £11,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,435 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 October 2023£1,400,000
31 May 2016£1,200,000
28 August 2002£540,000
1 December 1995£207,000

Estimated today: £1,426,250 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Downs Hill: 70 sales since 1995 · £955,083 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Clare House Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Harris Primary Academy Beckenham GreenPrimary0.7 mi
Sedgehill AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.20 · average (2023/24)
Harris Academy BeckenhamSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Bonus Pastor Catholic CollegeSecondary1.1 miAttainment 8 50.7 · 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.

8.1
crimes a month
73
in the last 12 months
Vehicle crime
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01000713, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Downs Hill

How this home sits against its street.

38
graded homes
52.9
average score
D
most common grade
+15.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.