20 Herbert James Close, Smethwick, B66 4TF

20 Herbert James Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Smethwick (B66 4TF). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2023) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. At 56 m² this is the 11th smallest of 44 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–96 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 40.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £128,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.