Birchdene, Biddenden, Ashford TN27 8DJ

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 149 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DA for £30,500 · £10,167 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5518.2 yrs+7.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5150+ yrs+6.8 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4350+ yrs+5.7 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£4650+ yrs+6.1 pts · reaches A

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

£1,470
per year at grade D
£1,276
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £194 a year — a 0.6% annual return on £30,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,502 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Benenden Road: 26 sales since 1995 · £741,400 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
John Mayne Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Benenden Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.0 mi
Homewood School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.35 · below average (2023/24)
Cranbrook SchoolSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 +0.43 · above average (2023/24)
Rye CollegeSecondary10.6 miProgress 8 -0.85 · well 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.

5.4
crimes a month
43
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023978, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Benenden Road

How this home sits against its street.

20
graded homes
56.1
average score
D
most common grade
+11.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.