18 The Drive, Halesowen B63 4NT

Detached bungalow · 1967-1975 · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

ED for £8,198 · £8,198 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£23 – £300typical£702.3 yrs+3.8 pts
Low energy lighting£23 – £50typical£410.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Heating controls£400typical£3013.4 yrs+1.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,600typical£5050+ yrs+2.7 pts
Solar water heating£5,000typical£6450+ yrs+3.5 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£4,500 – £9,000typical£7650+ yrs+4.1 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£1,034
per year at grade E
£741
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £217 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £8,198.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

14 November 2016£258,000

Estimated today: £404,161 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Drive: 30 sales since 1995 · £242,800 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Our Lady and St Kenelm RC SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Margaret's At Hasbury CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Halesowen CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Windsor High School and Sixth FormSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
The Earls High SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
Leasowes High SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.47 · 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.

5.1
crimes a month
36
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009799, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Drive

How this home sits against its street.

20
graded homes
55.9
average score
D
most common grade
-10.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.