12 Grange Road, West Bromwich, B70 8PD

12 Grange Road is an eight-bedroom detached house in West Bromwich (B70 8PD). It has a recorded floor area of 407 m² (around 4381 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since January 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 407 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £450,000 sits 63.6% above the 2008 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 48.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.