178 Ivyfield Road, Birmingham B23 7HS

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1967-1975 · 55 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £2,320 · £2,320 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1472.0 yrs+4.5 pts
Low energy lighting£20£82.7 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1725.8 yrs+5.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1287.8 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)£2,200 – £3,000£10624.6 yrs+3.2 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

£1,254
per year at grade D
£694
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £454 a year — a 19.6% annual return on £2,320.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,082 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 March 2025£95,000
31 October 1995£35,750

Estimated today: £92,525 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ivyfield Road: 18 sales since 1995 · £140,094 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Marsh Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Brookvale Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
E-ACT North Birmingham AcademySecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
Stockland Green SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
Prince Albert High SchoolSecondary1.0 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.

9.7
crimes a month
107
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 62% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009123, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ivyfield Road

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
67.4
average score
C
most common grade
-8.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.