278 Walsall Road, Great Wyrley, Walsall, WS6 6DN

278 Walsall Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Great Wyrley, Walsall, Walsall (WS6 6DN). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Walsall HPI: 15.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 sits 58.6% above the 2005 sale of £210,000. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.