174a, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1NA

174a is a mid-terrace house in Wolverhampton (WV1 1NA). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 53 m² this is the 16th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–140 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 53 m² it's 23.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (43 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £208,000 is 21.6% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 46.5% below the postcode norm. On the market in January 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.