342 Soho Road, Birmingham B21 9QL

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1900-1929 · 80 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

GD for £14,000 · £4,667 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£2,7681.8 yrs+47.1 pts · reaches E
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£1,0498.6 yrs+17.9 pts · reaches D

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

£5,169
per year at grade G
£1,352
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £3,817 a year — a 27.3% annual return on £14,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £2,921 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Soho Road: 123 sales since 1995 · £298,846 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
James Watt Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Oasis Academy BoultonPrimary0.3 mi
Grove SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Holyhead SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for BoysSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.78 · well above average (2023/24)
Windsor Olympus AcademySecondary0.5 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

35
crimes a month
385
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009275, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Soho Road

How this home sits against its street.

60
graded homes
59.6
average score
C
most common grade
-56.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.