Beech End, The Retreat, Orpington BR6 6DX

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 106 m² · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond G)£1,750 – £3,000typical£7243.3 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond G)£5,000typical£28517.5 yrs+2.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond G)£4,500 – £9,000typical£34019.9 yrs+2.5 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond G)£9,000typical£39722.7 yrs+3.0 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£6,980
per year at grade G
£5,234
per year at grade G

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2011, states £2,867 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

The Retreat: 5 sales since 1995 · £800,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Green Street Green Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Highway Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Warren Road Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +1.27 · well above average (2023/24)
Harris Academy OrpingtonSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Newstead Wood SchoolSecondary1.5 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.

5.8
crimes a month
35
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01000688, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Retreat

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
41
average score
C
most common grade
-40.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.