Dynes Cottage, Bethersden Road, Bethersden, Ashford TN26 3DY

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 162 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FD for £15,000 · £7,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£3592.9 yrs+4.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£3543.4 yrs+4.4 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,800 – £5,600£9334.5 yrs+11.6 pts · reaches E
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£2254.7 yrs+2.8 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£47315.8 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£8,000 – £10,000£43820.5 yrs+5.5 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£1,050 – £1,225£2150+ yrs+0.3 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

£6,126
per year at grade F
£3,323
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £2,344 a year — a 15.6% annual return on £15,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £6,056 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Snoad Hill: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bethersden Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Pluckley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Chilmington Green Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Chilmington Green SchoolSecondary2.2 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Highworth Grammar SchoolSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well above average (2023/24)
The North SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below 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.

8.3
crimes a month
83
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01024031, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Snoad Hill

How this home sits against its street.

5
graded homes
43.2
average score
E
most common grade
-15.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.