2 Kings Close, Dartford DA1 4EU

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 104 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £29,550 · £9,850 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2474.1 yrs+8.1 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£904.4 yrs+3.0 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£50£114.6 yrs+0.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£15217.1 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£19226.1 yrs+6.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£26733.7 yrs+8.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£22850+ yrs+7.5 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

£2,138
per year at grade E
£952
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,186 a year — a 4.0% annual return on £29,550.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,379 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 September 2000£169,995

Estimated today: £656,167 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Kings Close: 9 sales since 1995 · £448,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
St Paulinus Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Mayplace Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Haberdashers' Crayford AcademySecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
St Columba's Catholic Boys' SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
St Catherine's Catholic SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.75 · well 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.

8.3
crimes a month
91
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01000377, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.