Highdown, Hatch Lane, Chartham, Canterbury CT4 7LN

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 172 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DA for £23,800 · £7,933 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£350£448.0 yrs+2.7 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£50£412.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Double glazing£1,400 – £400£3327.2 yrs+2.1 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£9232.8 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£7142.2 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£8547.2 yrs+5.2 pts
Wind turbine£25,000 – £0£7650+ yrs+4.7 pts · reaches A

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

£1,969
per year at grade D
£1,565
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £404 a year — a 1.7% annual return on £23,800.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,394 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 June 2016£471,750

Estimated today: £608,564 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hatch Lane: 19 sales since 1995 · £601,938 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Chartham Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
The Canterbury Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Wincheap Foundation Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
The Canterbury AcademySecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -0.67 · well below average (2023/24)
Simon Langton Grammar School for BoysSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.25 · above average (2023/24)
Barton Court Grammar SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.38 · 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.

15.4
crimes a month
169
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024053, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Hatch Lane

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
61
average score
D
most common grade
+6.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.