279 Beech Road, Mereworth, Maidstone ME18 5QJ

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 95 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

GB for £40,583 · £8,117 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2480.1 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches F
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2450.4 yrs+7.1 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2903.4 yrs+8.4 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£60£134.7 yrs+0.4 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,400 – £3,600£5725.2 yrs+16.6 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£22522.2 yrs+6.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£26924.2 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches C
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£10546.7 yrs+3.0 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£24050+ yrs+7.0 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

£4,689
per year at grade G
£2,483
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,206 a year — a 5.4% annual return on £40,583.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £2,614 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Beech Road: 12 sales since 1995 · £467,375 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mereworth Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Kings Hill School Primary and NurseryPrimary1.0 mi
Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings HillPrimary1.1 mi
The Malling SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below average (2023/24)
Hadlow Rural Community SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.08 · average (2023/24)
Wrotham SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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.

6.2
crimes a month
56
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024746, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Beech Road

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
60.4
average score
C
most common grade
-43.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.