26 Laundry Road, Smethwick, B66 4PR
About 26 Laundry Road
26 Laundry Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Smethwick (B66 4PR). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 38.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 105.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £123,000 in December 2021. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 Laundry Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
32applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- 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.
£170,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£123,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 December 2021Most recent
£123,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B66 4PR: £120,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in B66 4PR
Everything we know about 26 Laundry Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Laundry Road homes
EPC Rating for 26 Laundry Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,783
Street avg £1,249
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 72 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
16/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.9 km
Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Shireland Hall Primary Academy. 55 schools nearby.
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