4 Balsall Street, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7AR

4 Balsall Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Balsall Common, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7AR). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £650,000 is 18.2% below the 2021 sale of £795,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,055/sq ft) was about 299.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £795,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.