Downs View House, Simmonds Lane, Otham, Maidstone ME15 8RH

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 177 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £22,600 · £11,300 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£765.3 yrs+2.1 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1566.4 yrs+4.2 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2887.3 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£12820.3 yrs+3.5 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£20924.0 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£16230.9 yrs+4.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£19333.6 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches C

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

£2,712
per year at grade E
£1,500
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,212 a year — a 5.4% annual return on £22,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,559 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Simmonds Lane: 10 sales since 1995 · £480,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Senacre Wood Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Leigh Academy Langley ParkPrimary0.8 mi
Leigh Academy Tree TopsPrimary0.9 mi
New Line Learning AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.79 · well below average (2023/24)
Maidstone Grammar SchoolSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.50 · above average (2023/24)
Valley Park SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -0.60 · well 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.

15
crimes a month
165
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024350, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Simmonds Lane

How this home sits against its street.

5
graded homes
53.4
average score
D
most common grade
-12.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.