Smethwick Villa, Smethwick Lane, Brereton, Sandbach, CW11 2ST

Smethwick Villa is a two-bedroom detached house in Brereton, Sandbach, Sandbach (CW11 2ST). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 127 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (153 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £464,000 is 42.8% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 17.8% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in June 2017.