24 Avern Close, Tipton, DY4 7ND

24 Avern Close is a semi-detached house in Tipton (DY4 7ND). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. At 34 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 53 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 53 units on file. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £102,000 sits 277.8% above the 2000 sale of £27,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£74/sq ft) was about 50.5% below the postcode norm. At 34 m² it's 29.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 52 EPCs).