51 Chapel Lane, Swindon, Dudley, DY3 4PL

51 Chapel Lane is an eight-bedroom detached house in Swindon, Dudley, Dudley (DY3 4PL). It has a recorded floor area of 241 m² (around 2594 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

At 241 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £850,000 in April 2020. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 43.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.