8 Dorset Road, London SW8 1EJ

End-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 100 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,485 · £1,485 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£150 – £250£553.6 yrs+2.2 pts
Heating controls£220 – £250£249.9 yrs+0.9 pts
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£4921.2 yrs+2.0 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£6550+ yrs+2.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£6050+ yrs+2.4 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£4,500 – £6,000£2450+ yrs+0.9 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

£1,395
per year at grade D
£1,118
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £128 a year — a 8.6% annual return on £1,485.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 January 2008£432,500
2 December 2002£320,000
3 July 2000£269,000

Estimated today: £852,866 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dorset Road: 680 sales since 1995 · £708,459 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and AutismPrimary0.2 mi
Herbert Morrison Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Platanos CollegeSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below average (2023/24)
Lilian Baylis Technology SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Pimlico AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.27 · 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.

46.3
crimes a month
509
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 68% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01003129, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dorset Road

How this home sits against its street.

692
graded homes
66.5
average score
C
most common grade
-2.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.