4 School Road, Himley, Dudley, DY3 4LG

4 School Road is a detached house in Himley, Dudley, Dudley (DY3 4LG). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since December 2016. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in May 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 110 m² it's 19.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (137 m² median across 26 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £444,000 sits 181.9% above the 2000 sale of £157,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 33% below the postcode norm.