9 Higher Charminster, Dorchester DT2 9RB

End-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 89 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £16,500 · £16,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7650+ yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5950+ yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£7050+ yrs+4.2 pts · reaches B
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£8250+ yrs+4.9 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

£1,072
per year at grade C
£784
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £206 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £16,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £761 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 March 2016£272,000
30 July 1999£90,750

Estimated today: £365,192 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.