7 Caldecote Close, Rainham, Gillingham ME8 8TP

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 116 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £14,500 · £14,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£4150+ yrs+3.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£4550+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3550+ yrs+3.2 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

£1,199
per year at grade C
£1,078
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £121 a year — a 0.8% annual return on £14,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £775 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 October 2023£450,000
16 February 2009£248,000
24 May 1996£100,000

Estimated today: £453,244 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Caldecote Close: 17 sales since 1995 · £450,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Riverside Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Margaret's Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
St Margaret's Infant SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Leigh Academy RainhamSecondary0.4 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Rainham Mark Grammar SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.28 · above average (2023/24)
Rainham School for GirlsSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.33 · above 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.

7.3
crimes a month
80
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01016095, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Caldecote Close

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
68.3
average score
C
most common grade
+3.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.