19 Pitchwood Close, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8BF

19 Pitchwood Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Darlaston, Wednesbury, Wednesbury (WS10 8BF). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 56 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 51 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–116 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to A, with this unit at the bottom. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 56 m² it's 22.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 50 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Sold August 2022 for £107,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.