8 Fimbrell Close, Brierley Hill DY5 3FL

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 149 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £17,500 · £17,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£4622.0 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3550+ yrs+2.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£4250+ yrs+3.1 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

£1,535
per year at grade C
£1,412
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £123 a year — a 0.7% annual return on £17,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £910 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

13 December 2013£237,500
28 November 2003£201,000
1 August 2002£164,000
22 May 1998£114,950

Estimated today: £431,369 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Fimbrell Close: 17 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Amblecote Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Hawbush Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Brook Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Wordsley SchoolSecondary0.7 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Thorns Collegiate AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.52 · well below average (2023/24)
Redhill SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.19 · 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.

4.9
crimes a month
34
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01009730, 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.