53 Illustrious Close, Chatham ME5 7RW

Semi-Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 52 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £5,500 · £5,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3826.5 yrs+6.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£3550+ yrs+5.8 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£2950+ yrs+4.9 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

£837
per year at grade C
£735
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £73 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £5,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,141 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 October 2025£262,500
19 April 2017£177,500
6 June 2014£144,500
25 February 2013£124,500
26 November 2004£63,500
5 May 1995£47,995

Estimated today: £265,173 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Illustrious Close: 144 sales since 1995 · £211,065 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Maundene SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Wayfield Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Greenacre SchoolSecondary0.3 miAttainment 8 29.8 · no Progress 8 published
Walderslade SchoolSecondary0.4 miAttainment 8 29.9 · no Progress 8 published
Holcombe Grammar SchoolSecondary1.1 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.

8.2
crimes a month
90
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016078, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Illustrious Close

How this home sits against its street.

44
graded homes
68.5
average score
C
most common grade
+1.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.