97 High Street, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, WS6 7AE

97 High Street is an end-of-terrace house in Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Walsall (WS6 7AE). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). At 46 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–136 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 16 units on file.

At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2020. Past consents include subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 147.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £165,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.