6 The Orchards, Shirley, Solihull B90 4HP

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1967-1975 · 94 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £2,050 · £2,050 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1317.6 yrs+5.7 pts
Low energy lighting£50£68.7 yrs+0.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9810.2 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£12137.2 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£10249.2 yrs+4.4 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

£1,712
per year at grade D
£1,255
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £234 a year — a 11.4% annual return on £2,050.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,081 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 June 2021£250,000
6 June 2008£194,000
6 June 2008£194,000
14 October 1996£59,950

Estimated today: £280,336 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Land Associated With: 6 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Cheswick Green Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Patricks Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary0.7 mi
Dickens Heath Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Light Hall SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
Tudor Grange Academy, SolihullSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.75 · well above average (2023/24)
Alderbrook SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.45 · 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.

5.8
crimes a month
52
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01010180, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.