4 Elmstead Close, Walsall, WS5 3BT

4 Elmstead Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Walsall (WS5 3BT). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Across 2006–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at -1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 sits 69.3% above the 2014 sale of £225,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 68.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (112 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in March 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.