177 Sutton Road, Walsall, WS5 3AW

177 Sutton Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Walsall (WS5 3AW). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a G (score 4), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2014); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 89 m² it's 23.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £340,000 sits 54.5% above the 2014 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£230/sq ft) was about 48.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in December 2014.