4 Hefford Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RR
About 4 Hefford Drive
4 Hefford Drive is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Smethwick (B66 1RR). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings and a loft. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 94 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 4 EPCs). Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £223,000 is 17.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 49.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £190,000. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- LoftYes
Outside
- ParkingOff road
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Solar panelsYes
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Retention of single storey rear extension and shed to rear garden (Resubmission of DC/14/57799).
Retrospective- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/15/57909
- Feb 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Retention of single storey rear extension.
Retrospective- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/14/57799
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.
£223,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 21 years.
£190,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
8 November 2022Most recent
£190,000
+49.6%over 19 years20 December 2002
£127,000
+51.3%over 1 year23 August 2001
£83,950
Median price across the last 4 sales in B66 1RR: £101,500 (2008–2001).
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Hefford Drive homes
4 Hefford Drive outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
71 (C)
Street avg 72 (C)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 99 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
0.4 km
Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Galton Valley Primary School. 56 schools nearby.
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