13 Brockhurst Street, Walsall, WS1 4ED

13 Brockhurst Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Walsall (WS1 4ED). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since November 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since August 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 81 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 31 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 is 21.7% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£171/sq ft) was about 35.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.