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

Flat B is a semi-detached house in Wolverhampton (WV3 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £114,000 sits 62.9% above the 2007 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 106.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 64 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.