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Get started17 Francis Ward Close is a semi-detached house in West Bromwich (B71 2PY). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 1.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £229,000 is 34.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 31% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £170,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.8m L x 4.0m H (3.0m to eaves)
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£229,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.8% per year over 16 years.
£170,000
Growth on file: 1.8% per year over 16 years.
Habitable Rooms for 17 Francis Ward Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,179
Street avg £1,984
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Wednesbury Central (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
3 September 2021Most recent
£170,000
+32.8%over 15 years14 October 2005
£128,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B71 2PY: £187,000 (2024–2016).
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
Closest school
0.7 km
Moorlands Primary School. 41 schools nearby.
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