5 Duchess Road, Walsall, WS1 4NW

5 Duchess Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Walsall (WS1 4NW). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 sits 68.9% above the 2014 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 47% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (March 2014).