7 The Grove, West Wickham BR4 9JS

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 117 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £21,920 · £10,960 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£102.1 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2204.5 yrs+7.3 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£805.0 yrs+2.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£23837.8 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£20450+ yrs+6.8 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

£1,795
per year at grade D
£1,044
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £751 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £21,920.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,059 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 November 2019£802,000

Estimated today: £950,735 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Grove: 136 sales since 1995 · £722,254 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hawes Down Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Oak Lodge Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Forest AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Langley Park School for GirlsSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.40 · above average (2023/24)
Langley Park School for BoysSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.40 · above average (2023/24)
Orchard Park High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.37 · above 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.

8.2
crimes a month
82
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01000841, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Grove

How this home sits against its street.

72
graded homes
53.6
average score
D
most common grade
+4.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.