71 Bratt Street, West Bromwich, B70 8SH

71 Bratt Street is a five-bedroom detached house in West Bromwich (B70 8SH). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in November 2006. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 26.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £410,000 sits 127.8% above the 2006 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 26.2% below the postcode norm. At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.