8a Cape Hill, Smethwick B66 4RN

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1900-1929 · 60 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £9,000 · £9,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£5850+ yrs+2.0 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

£579
per year at grade C
£521
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £58 a year — a 0.6% annual return on £9,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £623 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Cape Hill: 143 sales since 1995 · £151,407 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shireland Technology PrimaryPrimary0.3 mi
Victoria Park PrimaryPrimary0.3 mi
Shireland Hall Primary AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Shireland Collegiate AcademySecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
George Dixon AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Lordswood Boys' SchoolSecondary1.0 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.

Cape Hill

How this home sits against its street.

151
graded homes
61.6
average score
D
most common grade
+18.4
this home vs street
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