8 Hall End Cottage, Watling Street, Dordon, Tamworth B78 1SZ

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1930-1949 · 76 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £26,545 · £13,273 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1208.3 yrs+6.5 pts
Low energy lighting£45£58.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9350+ yrs+5.1 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£13050+ yrs+7.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£11250+ yrs+6.0 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

£1,327
per year at grade D
£866
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £461 a year — a 1.7% annual return on £26,545.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £783 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 November 2019£155,500
19 April 2013£120,000
19 December 2006£117,500

Estimated today: £188,546 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Watling Street: 126 sales since 1995 · £209,951 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Dordon Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Birchwood Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Three Peaks Primary AcademyPrimary1.5 mi
The Polesworth SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.42 · below average (2023/24)
The Wilnecote SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.43 · below average (2023/24)
Lift TamworthSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.63 · well below 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.

18.6
crimes a month
205
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01031025, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Watling Street

How this home sits against its street.

63
graded homes
54.3
average score
D
most common grade
+6.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.