Flat A, 5 Oaklands Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 0DS

Flat A is a detached house in Wolverhampton (WV3 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Held since May 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 sits 409.1% above the 2001 sale of £27,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 24% below the postcode norm. At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 65 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.