280 Perry Wood Road, Birmingham B42 2BJ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 97 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £22,900 · £11,450 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£653.5 yrs+2.5 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1367.3 yrs+5.2 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£10311.4 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10647.3 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£12650+ yrs+4.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£14750+ yrs+5.6 pts · reaches B

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

£1,747
per year at grade D
£1,063
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £684 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £22,900.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,093 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 April 2022£194,000
18 March 2003£129,950
26 November 1999£60,000

Estimated today: £208,091 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Perry Wood Road: 328 sales since 1995 · £181,526 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Calshot Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Ferndale Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Whitecrest Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Arena AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.36 · below average (2023/24)
Fortis AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
Q3 Academy Great BarrSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.29 · 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.

7.7
crimes a month
54
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009245, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Perry Wood Road

How this home sits against its street.

157
graded homes
58
average score
D
most common grade
-2.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.