11 Doulton Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RA

11 Doulton Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Smethwick (B66 1RA). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since June 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 77 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 64 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £231,000 is 28.3% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 102.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.