214 Old Birmingham Road, Marlbrook, Bromsgrove B60 1HH

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 174 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £17,700 · £17,700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£1279.5 yrs+2.5 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£17044.2 yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£15750+ yrs+3.1 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

£2,055
per year at grade C
£1,601
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £454 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £17,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,886 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 September 2003£289,950

Estimated today: £595,161 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
Lickey Hills Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.9 mi
Catshill First SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Lickey End First SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Waseley Hills High SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
North Bromsgrove High SchoolSecondary2.1 miAttainment 8 45.8 · no Progress 8 published
Colmers School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary2.5 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.

6.3
crimes a month
57
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01032150, 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
+13.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.