30 Highview Drive, Chatham ME5 9UN

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 65 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £15,800 · £7,900 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£624.8 yrs+4.0 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£5418.5 yrs+3.5 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£6750+ yrs+4.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7250+ yrs+4.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5650+ yrs+3.6 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

£1,191
per year at grade D
£879
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £312 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £15,800.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,244 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 August 2025£325,000
31 March 2014£190,000
25 September 2002£132,500

Estimated today: £324,668 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Highview Drive: 45 sales since 1995 · £309,536 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Horsted Infant SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Horsted Junior SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Oaklands SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Walderslade SchoolSecondary0.7 miAttainment 8 29.9 · no Progress 8 published
Greenacre SchoolSecondary0.8 miAttainment 8 29.8 · no Progress 8 published
The Thomas Aveling SchoolSecondary1.0 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.

22.5
crimes a month
247
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016121, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Highview Drive

How this home sits against its street.

22
graded homes
64.6
average score
D
most common grade
-0.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.