508 Penn Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 4HU

508 Penn Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Wolverhampton (WV4 4HU). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since February 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 sits 205% above the 2003 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 55.2% below the postcode norm.