38 The Crescent, Cradley Heath B64 7JS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 102 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £4,280 · £4,280 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£812.8 yrs+2.0 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1705.9 yrs+4.1 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£626.5 yrs+1.5 pts
Low energy lighting£55£77.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10424.9 yrs+2.5 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£13238.0 yrs+3.2 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£18349.1 yrs+4.5 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

£1,782
per year at grade C
£1,043
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £424 a year — a 9.9% annual return on £4,280.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,186 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

The Crescent: 51 sales since 1995 · £333,219 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newfield Park Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Timbertree AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Temple Meadow Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
The Earls High SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
Windsor High School and Sixth FormSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Forge AcademySecondary0.9 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.

6.4
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009958, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Crescent

How this home sits against its street.

34
graded homes
54.7
average score
D
most common grade
+16.3
this home vs street
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