11 Hopton Close, Tipton, DY4 0DJ

11 Hopton Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Tipton (DY4 0DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in November 2007. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 50.6% above the 2007 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 24.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 41 m² it's 23.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 20 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.