Lydiates House, Compton, Kinver, Stourbridge DY7 5NH

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 320 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £20,925 · £10,463 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2380.4 yrs+4.2 pts
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£2411.2 yrs+4.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2823.5 yrs+5.0 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1033.9 yrs+1.8 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£125£1210.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£17415.0 yrs+3.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£21922.8 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£26124.9 yrs+4.6 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£10247.9 yrs+1.8 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£23450+ yrs+4.1 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

£5,093
per year at grade E
£3,225
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,634 a year — a 7.8% annual return on £20,925.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £3,114 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

3 August 2022£710,000

Estimated today: £790,000 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Compton: 11 sales since 1995 · £522,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Foley Infant School AcademyPrimary1.3 mi
Brindley Heath Junior School AcademyPrimary1.3 mi
Cookley Sebright Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Kinver High School and Sixth FormSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.28 · above average (2023/24)
Wolverley CofE Secondary SchoolSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Ridgewood High SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.06 · 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.

8
crimes a month
72
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029650, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Compton

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
28.3
average score
E
most common grade
+12.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.