18 Whitesmiths Close, Sedgley, Dudley, DY3 1US

18 Whitesmiths Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Sedgley, Dudley, Dudley (DY3 1US). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. At 66 m² this is the 13th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 53–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (61 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (May 2011) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £163,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£230/sq ft) was about 35.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.