48 Higgins Walk, Smethwick B66 3DF

End-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 89 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DB for £18,198 · £9,099 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1200.2 yrs+3.8 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,000 – £3,000£2779.0 yrs+8.8 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£10711.0 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£13034.5 yrs+4.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£14135.5 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10945.8 yrs+3.5 pts · reaches B

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

£2,127
per year at grade D
£1,242
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £885 a year — a 4.9% annual return on £18,198.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £2,346 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Higgins Walk: 22 sales since 1995 · £151,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Victoria Park PrimaryPrimary0.3 mi
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Windsor Olympus AcademySecondary0.8 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Shireland Collegiate AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Holyhead SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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.

23.6
crimes a month
260
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01010062, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Higgins Walk

How this home sits against its street.

60
graded homes
58.2
average score
D
most common grade
-2.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.