236a Queens Road, Smethwick B67 6PF

End-Terrace flat · Built 1900-1929 · 43 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £11,835 · £5,918 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£10£120.8 yrs+0.5 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1331.7 yrs+5.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£17115.2 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£30229.8 yrs+12.2 pts · reaches C

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

£1,330
per year at grade E
£712
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £618 a year — a 5.2% annual return on £11,835.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £779 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 June 2007£127,000
29 March 2000£18,000
28 May 1998£20,250

Estimated today: £169,671 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Queens Road: 171 sales since 1995 · £204,007 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Moat Farm Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Moat Farm Infant SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Annie Lennard Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Bristnall Hall AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above average (2023/24)
Q3 Academy LangleySecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.81 · well above average (2023/24)
Holly Lodge High School College of ScienceSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.10 · 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.

11.4
crimes a month
103
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009943, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Queens Road

How this home sits against its street.

128
graded homes
62
average score
D
most common grade
-16.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.