85 Lower Road, Orpington BR5 4AJ

End-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 56 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £20,618 · £6,873 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£930.2 yrs+5.2 pts
Low energy lighting£20£54.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£524.3 yrs+2.9 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1099.2 yrs+6.1 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£9030.5 yrs+5.0 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6738.9 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8450+ yrs+4.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£11850+ yrs+6.6 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£10150+ yrs+5.6 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

£1,407
per year at grade E
£689
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £617 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £20,618.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £970 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 September 2014£213,000
25 June 2001£104,500

Estimated today: £307,837 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lower Road: 130 sales since 1995 · £331,484 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St. Mary Cray Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
St Philomena's Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Harris Primary Academy OrpingtonPrimary0.3 mi
Harris Academy OrpingtonSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +1.27 · well above average (2023/24)
Newstead Wood SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +1.05 · well 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.

12.6
crimes a month
139
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01000725, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lower Road

How this home sits against its street.

72
graded homes
61.1
average score
D
most common grade
-14.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.