Packham Cottage, The Street, Birchington CT7 0NT

Detached bungalow · Built before 1900 · 99 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £23,725 · £11,863 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£683.3 yrs+2.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£13134.2 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£14235.2 yrs+5.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11045.4 yrs+4.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£15450+ yrs+5.6 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

£1,756
per year at grade D
£1,151
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £605 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £23,725.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £2,178 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 March 2020£360,000

Estimated today: £434,919 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Street: 19 sales since 1995 · £384,450 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Nicholas At Wade Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Monkton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Birchington Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
King Ethelbert SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.43 · below average (2023/24)
Ursuline CollegeSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
Hartsdown AcademySecondary5.2 miProgress 8 -0.39 · 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.

10.3
crimes a month
113
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024703, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Street

How this home sits against its street.

16
graded homes
64.1
average score
C
most common grade
-2.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.