178 Bakers Lane, Knowle, Solihull B93 8PS

Detached house · Built 2003-2006 · 689 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and underfloor heating, LPG

Upgrade Plan

DC for £24,500 · £24,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£0+3.2 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£0+2.8 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

£4,170
per year at grade D

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Bakers Lane: 44 sales since 1995 · £1,484,283 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Dorridge Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
St George and St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Knowle Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary1.7 mi
ArdenSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above average (2023/24)
Heart of England SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
St Peter's Catholic SchoolSecondary3.8 miProgress 8 +0.32 · 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.

7.5
crimes a month
75
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01031281, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bakers Lane

How this home sits against its street.

31
graded homes
57
average score
E
most common grade
+6.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.