2 New Road, Far Forest, Kidderminster DY14 9TQ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 125 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £14,600 · £7,300 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£626.4 yrs+2.2 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2358.9 yrs+8.2 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10524.8 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£15828.5 yrs+5.5 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£17129.3 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£13237.8 yrs+4.6 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

£2,157
per year at grade E
£1,294
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £731 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £14,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,327 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 July 2010£209,950
5 April 2007£215,000

Estimated today: £348,558 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

New Road: 35 sales since 1995 · £240,939 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Bayton CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
St Anne's CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
The Lacon Childe SchoolSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 -0.28 · below average (2023/24)
The Bewdley SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
The Stourport High School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary5.4 miProgress 8 -0.70 · 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.

5.5
crimes a month
55
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01032473, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

New Road

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
46.4
average score
F
most common grade
+2.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.