261 Albert Road, Aston, Birmingham B6 5LX

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 145 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

FD for £18,065 · £9,033 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3233.1 yrs+7.1 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1183.4 yrs+2.6 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£65£144.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£19813.1 yrs+4.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£25020.0 yrs+5.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£34925.8 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£9,000 – £14,000£29938.5 yrs+6.5 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

£3,752
per year at grade F
£2,201
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,252 a year — a 6.9% annual return on £18,065.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £2,278 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 February 1996£57,500

Estimated today: £332,585 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Albert Road: 109 sales since 1995 · £193,108 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Aston Tower Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Manor Park Primary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Prince Albert Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
King Edward VI Aston SchoolSecondaryunder 0.1 miProgress 8 +0.14 · average (2023/24)
Aston Manor AcademySecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.25 · above average (2023/24)
Holte SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 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.

23.3
crimes a month
256
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01008901, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Albert Road

How this home sits against its street.

184
graded homes
59.2
average score
D
most common grade
-28.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.