142 Olorenshaw Road, Birmingham B26 3ND

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 80 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £16,650 · £5,550 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1674.2 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£450£617.4 yrs+2.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£10214.6 yrs+4.1 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£12923.2 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£15425.9 yrs+6.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£18038.8 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£6,500 – £500£6050+ yrs+2.4 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

£1,595
per year at grade E
£741
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £794 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £16,650.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,132 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 July 2016£176,250

Estimated today: £272,119 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Olorenshaw Road: 172 sales since 1995 · £253,524 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mapledene Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Valley PrimaryPrimary0.5 mi
Lyndon SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.47 · above average (2023/24)
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.19 · average (2023/24)
Cockshut Hill SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.54 · 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.

4.1
crimes a month
33
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009318, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Olorenshaw Road

How this home sits against its street.

91
graded homes
59.8
average score
D
most common grade
-5.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.