38 The Brent, Dartford DA1 1YN

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 91 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £18,770 · £6,257 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£350£953.7 yrs+3.5 pts
Heating controls£450£736.2 yrs+2.7 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£70£98.0 yrs+0.3 pts
Double glazing£1,400 – £400£7212.5 yrs+2.7 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£19915.1 yrs+7.4 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£15519.4 yrs+5.7 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£18421.7 yrs+6.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£21532.5 yrs+8.0 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

£1,735
per year at grade E
£733
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,002 a year — a 5.3% annual return on £18,770.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,219 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 October 2016£255,000
12 September 2007£228,500
11 July 1997£64,500

Estimated today: £324,837 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Brent: 264 sales since 1995 · £305,908 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Leigh Academy DartfordPrimary0.2 mi
The Gateway Primary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
The Brent Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Sir Geoffrey Leigh AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.14 · average (2023/24)
Stone Lodge SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Dartford Science & Technology CollegeSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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
crimes a month
143
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 52% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024161, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Brent

How this home sits against its street.

137
graded homes
61.7
average score
D
most common grade
-10.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.