8 Herrison Road, Dorchester DT2 9RJ

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 102 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £25,575 · £8,525 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2204.6 yrs+7.0 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£805.0 yrs+2.6 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1646.1 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£75£107.8 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£13519.3 yrs+4.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£17029.4 yrs+5.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£20332.0 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£23737.9 yrs+7.6 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

£2,303
per year at grade E
£1,084
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,219 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £25,575.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,579 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 October 2016£297,500
16 October 2015£222,500

Estimated today: £387,108 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Herrison Road: 17 sales since 1995 · £358,450 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, CharminsterPrimary1.2 mi
Damers First SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
St Mary's Catholic First School, DorchesterPrimary3.2 mi
The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below average (2023/24)
Wey Valley AcademySecondary7.5 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.

Herrison Road

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
59
average score
E
most common grade
-17.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.