3 Fifth Avenue, Ketley Bank, Telford, TF2 0AT

3 Fifth Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Ketley Bank, Telford, Telford (TF2 0AT). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

Held since October 1996 — that's 30 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £149,000 sits 365.6% above the 1996 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 68.7% below the postcode norm.