13a, Market Place, Great Bridge, Tipton, DY4 7AR
About 13a
13a is a semi-detached house in Great Bridge, Tipton, Tipton (DY4 7AR). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.
Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 is 11.1% below the 2022 sale of £180,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £180,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
13a sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Upgraded to gas central heating
Connected to mains gas supply
Hot water system changed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
13a has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
13a's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£160,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.2% per year over 16 years.
£180,000
Growth on file: 1.2% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
9 August 2022Most recent
£180,000
+20.0%over 15 years8 December 2006
£149,950
Median price across the last 2 sales in DY4 7AR: £67,000 (2006–2002).
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Versus other Market Place homes
13a is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 72 (C)
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 54 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 2.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
13/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Great Bridge (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.4 km
Great Bridge Primary School. 38 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.0dB