12 The Downs, Chatham ME5 9RA

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 205 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £9,790 · £4,895 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2623.8 yrs+5.5 pts · reaches D
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1965.1 yrs+4.1 pts
Low energy lighting£90£117.8 yrs+0.2 pts
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£9512.6 yrs+2.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£24326.8 yrs+5.1 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

£3,402
per year at grade E
£2,595
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £807 a year — a 8.2% annual return on £9,790.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £2,159 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 May 2019£685,000

Estimated today: £796,820 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Downs: 8 sales since 1995 · £577,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Tunbury Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Burham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Walderslade Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Greenacre SchoolSecondary1.7 miAttainment 8 29.8 · no Progress 8 published
Walderslade SchoolSecondary1.7 miAttainment 8 29.9 · no Progress 8 published
The Thomas Aveling SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.16 · 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.

8.1
crimes a month
81
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024721, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Downs

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
63.3
average score
C
most common grade
-11.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.