2 Red Cottages, Common Lane, Dartford DA2 7DG

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 94 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £23,480 · £11,740 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1280.8 yrs+4.9 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£723.1 yrs+2.8 pts
Low energy lighting£55£78.3 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£9327.8 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11842.4 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£14146.2 yrs+5.4 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£16450+ yrs+6.3 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£5550+ yrs+2.1 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

£2,010
per year at grade E
£1,231
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £724 a year — a 3.1% annual return on £23,480.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,385 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 June 2025£411,000
6 May 2016£350,000
1 June 2006£249,950
22 October 1999£115,000

Estimated today: £430,632 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Red Cottages: 7 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wilmington Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Joydens Wood Infant SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Oakfield Primary AcademyPrimary0.8 mi
Wilmington Grammar School for BoysSecondaryunder 0.1 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well above average (2023/24)
Leigh Academy WilmingtonSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Wilmington Grammar School for GirlsSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.76 · 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.

5.6
crimes a month
50
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024188, 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.