158 Great Arthur Street, Smethwick, B66 1DG
About 158 Great Arthur Street
158 Great Arthur Street is an end-of-terrace house in Smethwick (B66 1DG). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 19.1% below the 2021 sale of £194,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£240/sq ft) was about 218.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 75 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 19 EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £194,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 158 Great Arthur Street.
- Nov 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Proposed two storey side/rear extension.
- Agent
- Spector Design Ltd
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/22/67605
- Sept 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Two storey side and single storey rear extensions.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/07/48316
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 158 Great Arthur Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£157,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£194,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 November 2021Most recent
£194,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B66 1DG: £115,000 (2018–2015).
Nearby sales in B66 1DG
190 Great Arthur Street, Smethwick, B66 1DG
Sold Nov 2018
£100,000162 Great Arthur Street, Smethwick, B66 1DG
Sold Nov 2018
£126,000164 Great Arthur Street, Smethwick, B66 1DG
Sold Sept 2017
£115,000161 Great Arthur Street, Smethwick, B66 1DG
Sold Mar 2016
£108,500186 Great Arthur Street, Smethwick, B66 1DG
Sold Nov 2015
£116,000
Everything we know about 158 Great Arthur Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Great Arthur Street homes
158 Great Arthur Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,587
Street avg £1,143
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
16/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Galton Valley Primary School. 57 schools nearby.
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