244 St Pauls Road, Smethwick, B66 1HB
About 244 St Pauls Road
244 St Pauls Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Smethwick (B66 1HB). It has a recorded floor area of 24 m² (around 258 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 24 m² it sits well below the postcode median (49 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 is 29.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 121.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £86,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
244 St Pauls Road's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Oct 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
244 St Pauls Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£111,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.7% per year over 7 years.
£86,000
Growth on file: 9.7% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
9 June 2022Most recent
£86,000
+95.5%over 7 years16 March 2015
£44,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B66 1HB: £112,000 (2024–2007).
Nearby sales in B66 1HB
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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
0.6 km
Smethwick Galton Bridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Holly Lodge High School College of Science. 47 schools nearby.
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