71 Rathbone Road, Smethwick B67 5JF

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 89 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £25,750 · £25,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£9250+ yrs+3.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£10050+ yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£8550+ yrs+3.1 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

£1,245
per year at grade C
£968
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £277 a year — a 1.1% annual return on £25,750.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 May 2017£132,500
13 May 2005£130,000
28 September 2001£89,950
14 April 2000£69,950
21 August 1998£57,500

Estimated today: £221,651 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rathbone Road: 170 sales since 1995 · £232,554 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Abbey Infant SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Gregory's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Abbey Junior SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Bristnall Hall AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above average (2023/24)
Shireland Collegiate AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Lordswood Boys' SchoolSecondary0.7 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.

5.1
crimes a month
41
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009922, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rathbone Road

How this home sits against its street.

69
graded homes
57.8
average score
D
most common grade
+13.2
this home vs street
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