149 Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 0ED

149 Penn Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wolverhampton (WV3 0ED). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 40 m² this is the 6th smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–103 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 1995–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 sits 87.1% above the 2017 sale of £62,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 31.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 9 years since the last transfer (August 2017). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.