140 Dial Lane, West Bromwich, B70 0EQ

140 Dial Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in West Bromwich (B70 0EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since February 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £174,000 sits 383.3% above the 2000 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 73.7% below the postcode norm.