Smethwick Green Farm, Smethwick Lane, Brereton, Sandbach, CW11 2ST

Smethwick Green Farm is a detached house in Brereton, Sandbach, Sandbach (CW11 2ST). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since October 2019. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on smokeless coal.

Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 is 14.2% below the 2020 sale of £600,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 17% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 166 m² it's 20.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (138 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: February 2020 at £600,000.