179 Old Birmingham Road, Marlbrook, Bromsgrove B60 1DQ

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 212 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£9550+ yrs+3.8 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£1,920 – £2,240£550+ yrs+0.2 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

£2,425
per year at grade C
£2,325
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £2,242 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 May 2000£92,000

Estimated today: £317,306 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Old Birmingham Road: 194 sales since 1995 · £420,587 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Catshill First SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Lickey End First SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Lickey Hills Primary School and NurseryPrimary1.2 mi
North Bromsgrove High SchoolSecondary1.9 miAttainment 8 45.8 · no Progress 8 published
Waseley Hills High SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
Colmers School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.32 · 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.

3.7
crimes a month
26
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 54% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01032151, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Old Birmingham Road

How this home sits against its street.

106
graded homes
58.8
average score
D
most common grade
+12.2
this home vs street
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