1 Hidden Lock, Smethwick, B66 2EX
About 1 Hidden Lock
1 Hidden Lock is a four-bedroom detached house in Smethwick (B66 2EX). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft). The latest certificate (October 2017) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £319,000 is 28.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 21% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £247,630. 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
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2022Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed single storey side and rear extensions, garage conversion into habitable room, front window canopy and railings/gates to front boundary.
- Agent
- Gevdetasan Builders + Designers Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/22/66559
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£319,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -3.1% per year over 4 years.
£247,630
Growth on file: -3.1% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
17 March 2022Most recent
£247,630
-12.5%over 4 years15 December 2017
£282,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in B66 2EX: £347,500 (2025–2019).
Everything we know about 1 Hidden Lock, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Hidden Lock homes
Price per m² for 1 Hidden Lock lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,997
Street avg £2,575
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 111 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 1.6 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 7 years
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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
The Hawthorns Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Galton Valley Primary School. 53 schools nearby.
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