7 Kingston Farm Cottages, Dorchester DT2 9EE

Semi-Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 271 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,100 · £7,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£8729.9 yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£13134.3 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£11045.5 yrs+3.4 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

£2,231
per year at grade D
£1,903
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £218 a year — a 3.1% annual return on £7,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,496 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 December 2024£500,000
10 June 2013£275,000
16 July 2007£320,000
16 January 2004£249,950

Estimated today: £500,000 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Thorner's Church of England School, Litton CheneyPrimary2.0 mi
Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Portesham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.9 mi
The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary6.3 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Wey Valley AcademySecondary7.8 miProgress 8 -0.36 · below average (2023/24)
Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary8.3 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below 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.

6.3
crimes a month
50
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020512, to 2026-05. 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.