34 Park Road, Smethwick B67 5HS

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 118 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £13,100 · £13,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1220.8 yrs+4.1 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1456.9 yrs+4.8 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£537.6 yrs+1.8 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£8929.1 yrs+3.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£15750+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£13450+ yrs+4.5 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£5350+ yrs+1.7 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

£2,039
per year at grade D
£1,285
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £567 a year — a 4.3% annual return on £13,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,209 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 July 2001£102,000
19 July 1999£78,000

Estimated today: £433,600 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Park Road: 433 sales since 1995 · £220,656 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Abbey Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Lordswood Boys' SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.19 · average (2023/24)
King Edward VI Lordswood School for GirlsSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.75 · well above average (2023/24)
Shireland Collegiate AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above 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.

4.6
crimes a month
46
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009925, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Park Road

How this home sits against its street.

172
graded homes
57
average score
D
most common grade
-2.0
this home vs street
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