3 Berry Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RN

3 Berry Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Smethwick (B66 1RN). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2007 — 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £283,000 is 34.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£197/sq ft) was about 78.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.