24 Bedford Road, West Bromwich, B71 2RS

24 Bedford Road is a detached house in West Bromwich (B71 2RS). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2015); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 sits 100.5% above the 2015 sale of £128,200. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 41.9% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in September 2015.