242 St Pauls Road, Smethwick, B66 1HB

242 St Pauls Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Smethwick (B66 1HB). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since December 1999, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 sits 446.9% above the 1999 sale of £24,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£60/sq ft) was about 61.1% below the postcode norm. At 38 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).