3 Hidden Lock, Smethwick B66 2EX

Detached house · 2024 · 112 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

BA for £9,500 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£4350+ yrs+5.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3650+ yrs+4.6 pts · reaches A

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

£749
per year at grade B
£670
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £79 a year — a 0.8% annual return on £9,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £782 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 January 2019£297,995

Estimated today: £428,518 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hidden Lock: 30 sales since 1995 · £280,467 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Galton Valley Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Oasis Academy WattvillePrimary0.4 mi
Sandwell AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Holyhead SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
Windsor Olympus AcademySecondary0.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

19
crimes a month
209
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01010046, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Hidden Lock

How this home sits against its street.

24
graded homes
84.4
average score
B
most common grade
-1.4
this home vs street
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