1 Watchgate, Dartford DA2 7JZ

End-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 82 m² · Owner-occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FB for £28,313 · £7,078 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2430.1 yrs+6.6 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,500 – £2,000£5603.1 yrs+15.1 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£40£123.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2843.5 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£22022.7 yrs+5.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£30729.3 yrs+8.3 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£26343.7 yrs+7.1 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

£3,025
per year at grade F
£1,136
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,889 a year — a 6.7% annual return on £28,313.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,526 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 November 2015£266,500
27 March 2013£147,000

Estimated today: £362,886 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Watchgate: 66 sales since 1995 · £323,348 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Greenlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Sutton-At-Hone Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Fleetdown Primary AcademyPrimary1.2 mi
Sir Geoffrey Leigh AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.14 · average (2023/24)
Stone Lodge SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Dartford Science & Technology CollegeSecondary2.6 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.

29.5
crimes a month
324
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024135, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Watchgate

How this home sits against its street.

57
graded homes
64.1
average score
D
most common grade
-32.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.