55 Waterloo Road, Smethwick B66 4JS

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 87 m² · Rented (private) · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

GB for £31,525 · £6,305 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£25£102.4 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2384.2 yrs+10.0 pts · reaches F
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£6807.4 yrs+28.6 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£18527.0 yrs+7.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£25834.9 yrs+10.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£22150+ yrs+9.3 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

£2,187
per year at grade G
£595
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,592 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £31,525.

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

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Waterloo Road: 130 sales since 1995 · £186,861 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shireland Technology PrimaryPrimary0.2 mi
Shireland Hall Primary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Victoria Park PrimaryPrimary0.4 mi
Shireland Collegiate AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
George Dixon AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Lordswood Boys' SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.19 · 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.

16.7
crimes a month
184
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01010059, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Waterloo Road

How this home sits against its street.

135
graded homes
55.8
average score
D
most common grade
-37.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.