11 Higher Charminster, Dorchester DT2 9RB

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 66 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FB for £27,798 · £6,949 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2310.1 yrs+6.7 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1291.7 yrs+3.7 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,600 – £2,400£5323.8 yrs+15.5 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£50£124.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£27018.5 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£21023.8 yrs+6.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£25026.0 yrs+7.3 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£29230.8 yrs+8.5 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

£3,013
per year at grade F
£1,087
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,926 a year — a 6.9% annual return on £27,798.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,790 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 August 2019£220,000

Estimated today: £264,501 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Mary's Church of England First School, CharminsterPrimary0.5 mi
Damers First SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
The Prince of Wales SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below average (2023/24)
Wey Valley AcademySecondary6.8 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.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.