38 Capethorn Road, Smethwick B66 4LZ

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 69 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£5£31.9 yrs+0.1 pts
Heating controls(optional, beyond D)£350 – £450£2218.1 yrs+0.8 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond D)£1,500 – £3,500£3750+ yrs+1.3 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£4750+ yrs+1.6 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£5,500 – £14,500£6650+ yrs+2.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£11,000 – £20,000£5650+ yrs+1.9 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

£1,227
per year at grade D
£996
per year at grade D

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2011, states £748 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 June 2014£83,500
12 May 2006£103,000
16 January 2004£78,500
27 March 2002£40,000
15 October 1999£26,750

Estimated today: £160,486 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Capethorn Road: 71 sales since 1995 · £128,255 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shireland Technology PrimaryPrimary0.1 mi
Uplands Manor Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.5 mi
Bearwood Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Shireland Collegiate AcademySecondary0.1 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
George Dixon AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Lordswood Boys' SchoolSecondary0.8 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.

20.9
crimes a month
230
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 52% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01010060, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Capethorn Road

How this home sits against its street.

42
graded homes
57.9
average score
D
most common grade
+1.1
this home vs street
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