5 Poplar Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 7DP

5 Poplar Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Wolverhampton (WV3 7DP). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since July 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2018. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 69 m² it's 21.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 1995–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £221,000 is 26.3% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£236/sq ft) was about 165.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.