5 Crane Court, Arboretum Road, Walsall, WS1 2QH

5 Crane Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Walsall (WS1 2QH). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 57 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 9 units on file.

Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 113.3% above the 2021 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 34.3% below the postcode norm. At 57 m² it's 18.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 49 EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £60,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.