Hand Forth, School Lane, Bekesbourne, Canterbury CT4 5ER

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 82 m² · Owner-occupied · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

GB for £23,783 · £4,757 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1820.1 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches F
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1012.2 yrs+4.4 pts
Low energy lighting£35£93.8 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2134.7 yrs+9.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1596.3 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches E
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£6088.2 yrs+26.4 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£16530.3 yrs+7.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£19750+ yrs+8.6 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

£2,196
per year at grade G
£561
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,635 a year — a 6.9% annual return on £23,783.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

4 March 2014£300,000

Estimated today: £463,011 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

School Lane: 27 sales since 1995 · £652,964 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Littlebourne Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Pilgrims' Way Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
St Anselm's Catholic School, CanterburySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.43 · above average (2023/24)
Barton Manor SchoolSecondary2.1 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

6.9
crimes a month
62
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024088, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

School Lane

How this home sits against its street.

18
graded homes
58.4
average score
D
most common grade
-43.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.