497 Northdown Road, Margate CT9 3HD

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 92 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £14,850 · £14,850 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£4026.1 yrs+1.6 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£8450+ yrs+3.4 pts
High-performance doors£5,400 – £7,200£6850+ yrs+2.7 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£330 – £385£450+ yrs+0.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£7850+ yrs+3.1 pts

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

£1,616
per year at grade D
£1,342
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £192 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £14,850.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 August 2006£208,000
8 November 2002£160,000
17 April 2000£83,250

Estimated today: £397,333 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Northdown Road: 390 sales since 1995 · £232,321 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Palm Bay Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Cliftonville Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Northdown Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
The Charles Dickens SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
Dane Court Grammar SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.69 · well above average (2023/24)
Hartsdown AcademySecondary2.3 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.

6.4
crimes a month
51
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024654, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Northdown Road

How this home sits against its street.

267
graded homes
61.4
average score
D
most common grade
+0.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.