The Saddlery, Flat 1, 9 Leicester Street, Walsall, WS1 1PT

The Saddlery is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Walsall (WS1 1PT). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Main heating runs on electricity. At 67 m² this is the 14th smallest of 15 units on EPC record in The Saddlery, where floor areas span 37–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 15 units on file.

Held since January 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 67 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 sits 54.7% above the 2003 sale of £75,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 27.3% below the postcode norm.