106 Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick, B66 1BA

106 Brasshouse Lane is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house in Smethwick (B66 1BA). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2014) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in March 2006. At 187 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £377,000 sits 71.4% above the 2006 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£109/sq ft) was about 32.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.