Flat, 8a, The Old High Street, Folkestone CT20 1RL

Mid-Terrace flat · Built before 1900 · 28 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £11,500 · £5,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flat roof insulation£1,500 – £500£2304.4 yrs+9.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£32721.4 yrs+12.8 pts · reaches D
Double glazing£6,500 – £500£10932.0 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C

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

£1,396
per year at grade E
£730
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £666 a year — a 5.8% annual return on £11,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £834 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 August 2008£65,000
8 February 2008£95,000
29 October 2006£65,000
14 September 2001£20,000

Estimated today: £90,142 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Old High Street: 77 sales since 1995 · £229,375 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Eanswythe's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Folkestone, St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Christ Church Cep Academy, FolkestonePrimary0.5 mi
Folkestone AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -1.11 · well below average (2023/24)
The Harvey Grammar SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
The Folkestone School for GirlsSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.29 · 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.

54.4
crimes a month
598
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033215, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Old High Street

How this home sits against its street.

66
graded homes
62.6
average score
C
most common grade
-17.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.