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Get started55 Church Lane is an end-of-terrace house in West Bromwich (B71 1BX). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 47), 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 July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 is 19.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 79.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Sold July 2022 for £172,000. 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.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Jul 2023
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£205,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 17 years.
£172,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 17 years.
On epc rating, 55 Church Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,205
Street avg £1,818
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Black Lake (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
7 July 2022Most recent
£172,000
+77.3%over 16 years5 August 2005
£97,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B71 1BX: £192,000 (2025–2023).
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
Closest school
0.6 km
Hateley Heath Academy. 32 schools nearby.
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