6 Blacksmiths Lane, Hockley Heath, Solihull, B94 6QP

6 Blacksmiths Lane is a semi-detached house in Hockley Heath, Solihull, Solihull (B94 6QP). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in October 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 139 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £418,000 sits 84.1% above the 2009 sale of £227,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£152/sq ft) was about 39.4% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.