Dunelm, Hazel Lane, Walsall, WS6 6AA

Dunelm is a five-bedroom detached house in Walsall (WS6 6AA). It has a recorded floor area of 293 m² (around 3154 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced Walsall HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£396/sq ft) was about 114.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 293 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, a loft conversion and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold April 2021 for £1,250,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.