159a, Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 0ED

159a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wolverhampton (WV3 0ED). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £128,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 is 33.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£146/sq ft) was about 44.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.