39 Francis Ward Close, West Bromwich, B71 2PY

39 Francis Ward Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in West Bromwich (B71 2PY). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2015) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2007 — that's 19 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. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 is 44.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 23.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.