Postbox Cottage, Ridgeway, Whitstable CT5 3HR

Detached house · Built 2007-2011 · 160 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,184
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,622 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 August 2025£500,000
25 May 2021£535,000

Estimated today: £501,596 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ridgeway: 28 sales since 1995 · £386,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Swalecliffe Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, WhitstablePrimary0.8 mi
Westmeads Community Infant SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
The Whitstable SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.52 · well below average (2023/24)
Herne Bay High SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -1.02 · well below average (2023/24)
The Archbishop's SchoolSecondary4.3 miProgress 8 -0.79 · well below 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.

13.8
crimes a month
152
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024058, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ridgeway

How this home sits against its street.

13
graded homes
65.4
average score
D
most common grade
+14.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.