72 Watson Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham B8 3ND

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 120 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

ED for £15,028 · £15,028 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£225typical£703.2 yrs+1.7 pts
Heating controls£400typical£537.5 yrs+1.3 pts
Low energy lighting£30 – £75typical£68.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,600typical£9028.9 yrs+2.2 pts
Solar water heating£5,000typical£11444.0 yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£4,500 – £9,000typical£13649.8 yrs+3.2 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£9,000typical£15850+ yrs+3.8 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£2,425
per year at grade E
£1,798
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £469 a year — a 3.1% annual return on £15,028.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2010, states £1,516 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Watson Road: 5 sales since 1995 · £74,191 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

No school in the register within reach of this postcode.

Watson Road

How this home sits against its street.

51
graded homes
63.1
average score
C
most common grade
-19.1
this home vs street
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