61 Edgbaston Road, Smethwick, B66 4LG

61 Edgbaston Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Smethwick (B66 4LG). It has a recorded floor area of 233 m² (around 2508 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 233 m² the property is well over the postcode median (154 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 is 21.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 18.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £293,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.