| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot water cylinder insulation | — | £30 | £122 | 0.2 yrs | +7.1 pts |
| Change of heating system | — | £7,000 – £0 | £407 | 8.6 yrs | +23.6 pts · reaches C |
| Floor insulation | — | £6,000 – £0 | £143 | 21.0 yrs | +8.3 pts |
| Solar photovoltaic panels | — | £5,500 – £500 | £132 | 22.7 yrs | +7.7 pts · reaches B |
| Solar water heating | — | £6,000 – £0 | £111 | 27.1 yrs | +6.4 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
The full plan saves £915 a year — a 7.3% annual return on £12,530.
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
Estimated today: £149,552 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Rea Valley Drive: 211 sales since 1995 · £199,276 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wychall Primary School | Primary | 0.3 mi | — |
| West Heath Primary School | Primary | 0.5 mi | — |
| Fairway Primary Academy | Primary | 0.5 mi | — |
| St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School | Secondary | 0.4 mi | Progress 8 +0.60 · well above average (2023/24) |
| King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls | Secondary | 0.7 mi | Progress 8 -0.31 · below average (2023/24) |
| Turves Green Boys' School | Secondary | 0.9 mi | Progress 8 -0.01 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009211, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Rea Valley Drive
How this home sits against its street.