1 Sketchley Close, Smethwick B66 3BN

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 354 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas, Boiler and radiators, mains gas

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£800 – £1,200£3103.2 yrs+2.0 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

£4,389
per year at grade C
£4,079
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £3,591 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 August 2020£450,000
13 October 2010£211,000

Estimated today: £617,159 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sketchley Close: 2 sales since 1995 · £450,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Crocketts Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Victoria Park PrimaryPrimary0.4 mi
St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Shireland Collegiate AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Holly Lodge High School College of ScienceSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Sandwell AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.13 · 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.

14.8
crimes a month
163
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01010064, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sketchley Close

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
72.1
average score
C
most common grade
+0.9
this home vs street
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