492 Blackfen Road, Sidcup DA15 9NT

Semi-Detached house · Built 1991-1995 · 97 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £16,735 · £16,735 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£220 – £250£415.7 yrs+2.4 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£11350+ yrs+6.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£10450+ yrs+6.1 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

£1,241
per year at grade C
£983
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £258 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £16,735.

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

Sold prices

25 September 2019£550,000
5 April 2002£130,000

Estimated today: £690,633 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Blackfen Road: 552 sales since 1995 · £400,296 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sherwood Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Hurst Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Chatsworth Infant SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Blackfen School for GirlsSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.14 · average (2023/24)
Hurstmere SchoolSecondary0.6 miAttainment 8 42.1 · no Progress 8 published
Bexley Grammar SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.49 · 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.

9.9
crimes a month
109
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01000352, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Blackfen Road

How this home sits against its street.

278
graded homes
61.1
average score
D
most common grade
+8.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.