2 The Square, Charminster, Dorchester DT2 9QT

End-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 158 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £21,775 · £10,888 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£3595.9 yrs+6.7 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£1976.0 yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£24018.7 yrs+4.5 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£26019.2 yrs+4.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£28132.0 yrs+5.3 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

£2,977
per year at grade D
£1,640
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,337 a year — a 6.1% annual return on £21,775.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £3,665 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 January 2025£485,000
19 October 2012£310,000
9 November 2007£350,000
27 March 2002£233,000

Estimated today: £483,996 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Square: 13 sales since 1995 · £375,833 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Mary's Church of England First School, CharminsterPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Damers First SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
The Prince of Wales SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below average (2023/24)
Wey Valley AcademySecondary6.2 miProgress 8 -0.36 · 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.

6.1
crimes a month
55
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020510, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Square

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
54.3
average score
D
most common grade
+1.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.