Flat A, 37 Arboretum Road, Walsall, WS1 2QH

Flat A is a semi-detached house in Walsall (WS1 2QH). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -15.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 sits 2180% above the 2022 sale of £5,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£8/sq ft) was about 94.9% below the postcode norm. At 60 m² it's 25% larger than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 49 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Sold April 2022 for £5,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.