Flat A, 5 Northgate, Rochester, Rochester ME1 1LS

Enclosed Mid-Terrace flat · Built before 1900 · 64 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £9,100 · £9,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1011.0 yrs+3.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£13050+ yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£4450+ yrs+1.4 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

£1,092
per year at grade D
£817
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £231 a year — a 2.5% annual return on £9,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £678 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 April 2014£112,995
20 May 2011£90,000
17 December 1999£48,000
3 February 1995£28,500

Estimated today: £173,222 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Northgate: 8 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
All Faiths Children's AcademyPrimary0.7 mi
Fort Pitt Grammar SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.64 · well above average (2023/24)
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.55 · well below average (2023/24)
Maritime AcademySecondary1.0 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

56.3
crimes a month
619
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016130, 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.