2 The Ridings, Tunbridge Wells TN2 4RU

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 190 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £6,080 · £6,080 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1238.1 yrs+4.0 pts
Low energy lighting£80£514.8 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9650+ yrs+3.1 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£11450+ yrs+3.7 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

£2,263
per year at grade D
£1,925
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £224 a year — a 3.7% annual return on £6,080.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,506 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 July 2014£662,500
15 September 2009£483,000
25 July 2005£445,000

Estimated today: £1,006,510 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Ridings: 12 sales since 1995 · £770,250 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Skinners' Temple GrovePrimary0.5 mi
Skinners' Kent Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Skinners' Kent AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 0.00 · average (2023/24)
The Skinners' SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.99 · well above average (2023/24)
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for BoysSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.46 · 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.

9.2
crimes a month
92
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024842, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Ridings

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
63.8
average score
D
most common grade
-0.8
this home vs street
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