40 Goscote Road, Walsall, WS3 4LE

40 Goscote Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Walsall (WS3 4LE). 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 (June 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £209,000 sits 116.6% above the 2007 sale of £96,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 27.9% below the postcode norm. At 81 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 18 EPCs).