1 Virginia Drive, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5PS
About 1 Virginia Drive
1 Virginia Drive is a six-bedroom detached house in Penn, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton (WV4 5PS). It has a recorded floor area of 249 m² (around 2680 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2012) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from December 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since September 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 249 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1995–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £679,000 sits 267% above the 2000 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 37.5% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, tree works and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms5
Energy performance
1 Virginia Drive ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Dec 2022
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Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 1 Virginia Drive.
5 applications on record at 1 Virginia Drive, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5PS
- Dec 2006ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Conservatory to rear
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/01454/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- PorchNov 2020Decision
- Tree WorksOct 2020Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
1 Virginia Drive's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£679,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 5 years.
£185,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
28 September 2000Most recent
£185,000
+19.4%over 4 years27 October 1995
£154,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in WV4 5PS: £350,000 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in WV4 5PS
11 Virginia Drive, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5PS
Sold Jan 2022
£415,0004 Virginia Drive, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5PS
Sold Aug 2021
£350,0009 Virginia Drive, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5PS
Sold Jun 2021
£475,00016 Virginia Drive, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5PS
Sold Feb 2017
£287,05017 Virginia Drive, Penn, Wolverhampton, WV4 5PS
Sold Jan 2017
£295,000
Versus other Virginia Drive homes
On price per m², 1 Virginia Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£743
Street avg £2,725
Floor Area
249 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.6 km
Miller and Carter PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB







