27 The Doweries, Longbridge Ward B45 9RY

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 84 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £5,725 · £5,725 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£239.7 yrs+1.8 pts
High-performance doors£1,500 – £500£3925.8 yrs+3.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£4550+ yrs+3.5 pts · reaches B
Floor insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£4950+ yrs+3.8 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£3850+ yrs+2.9 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

£1,069
per year at grade C
£876
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £107 a year — a 1.9% annual return on £5,725.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £889 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

The Doweries: 19 sales since 1995 · £96,567 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Reaside AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Holly Hill Methodist CofE Infant SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St James Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
King Edward VI Balaam Wood AcademySecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Colmers School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
Waseley Hills High SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.18 · 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.

21.5
crimes a month
236
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009160, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Doweries

How this home sits against its street.

46
graded homes
72.4
average score
C
most common grade
+1.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.