42a Windmill Hill, Halesowen B63 2BZ

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 49 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £14,500 · £7,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8150+ yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£8850+ yrs+6.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6850+ yrs+4.9 pts · reaches B
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£9550+ yrs+6.9 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

£972
per year at grade D
£640
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £237 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £14,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,341 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Windmill Hill: 42 sales since 1995 · £119,458 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Colley Lane Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Cradley CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Caslon Primary Community SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Windsor High School and Sixth FormSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
The Earls High SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
Thorns Collegiate AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.52 · well 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.

7.1
crimes a month
78
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009861, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Windmill Hill

How this home sits against its street.

66
graded homes
64
average score
C
most common grade
+2.0
this home vs street
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