Drapers Cottage, Laddingford, Maidstone ME18 6BU

End-Terrace house · Built 2012 onwards · 43 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DA for £12,500 · £4,167 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£3333.0 yrs+19.0 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13138.1 yrs+7.5 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£15641.5 yrs+8.9 pts · reaches A
Double glazing(optional, beyond A)£3,300 – £6,500£6150+ yrs+3.5 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

£1,233
per year at grade D
£551
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £621 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £12,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £696 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
East Peckham Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Leigh Academy MascallsSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Hadlow Rural Community SchoolSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.08 · average (2023/24)
Cornwallis AcademySecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.33 · 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.

10.3
crimes a month
103
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024377, 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.