26 Downsview, Chatham ME5 0AN

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 82 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £10,000 · £10,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£5350+ yrs+5.2 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£4150+ yrs+4.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£4950+ yrs+4.8 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

£1,051
per year at grade C
£909
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £142 a year — a 1.4% annual return on £10,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £683 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 September 2021£330,000
19 March 1999£82,000

Estimated today: £368,846 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Downsview: 104 sales since 1995 · £289,764 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kingfisher Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Luton Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Wayfield Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
The Victory AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.36 · below average (2023/24)
Chatham GrammarSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above average (2023/24)
Holcombe Grammar SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.15 · 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.

6.7
crimes a month
60
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016065, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Downsview

How this home sits against its street.

50
graded homes
61.6
average score
D
most common grade
+8.4
this home vs street
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