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Get started188 Vicarage Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in West Bromwich (B71 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 sits 87.5% above the 2022 sale of £80,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 25.3% below the postcode norm. At 76 m² it's 26.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (60 m² median across 26 EPCs). Sold May 2022 for £80,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£150,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 9 years.
£80,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 9 years.
188 Vicarage Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£1,053
Street avg £1,461
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
Black Lake (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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13 May 2022Most recent
£80,000
+33.3%over 8 years27 September 2013
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B71 1AF: £135,000 (2024–2017).
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
B71 1LJ
Closest school
0.2 km
St Mary Magdalene CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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