30 The Link, Birmingham B27 7SS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 72 m² · Owner-Occupied · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

GB for £27,270 · £5,454 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2190.5 yrs+8.2 pts
Low energy lighting£20£111.8 yrs+0.4 pts
Flue gas heat recovery£400 – £900£2532.6 yrs+9.4 pts · reaches F
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2603.8 yrs+9.7 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£7416.7 yrs+27.7 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£20224.8 yrs+7.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£24027.0 yrs+9.0 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£28132.0 yrs+10.5 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£3,300 – £6,500£9450+ yrs+3.5 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

£2,795
per year at grade G
£494
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,207 a year — a 8.1% annual return on £27,270.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

26 August 2016£120,000

Estimated today: £183,604 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Link: 37 sales since 1995 · £177,806 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Yorkmead Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Yarnfield Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Hall Green Junior SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Ninestiles, an AcademySecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.12 · average (2023/24)
Hall Green SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Yardleys SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.17 · 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.

18.5
crimes a month
204
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009016, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Link

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
54.7
average score
D
most common grade
-51.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.