19 Riches House, Riches Street, Wolverhampton, WV6 0DY

19 Riches House is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Wolverhampton (WV6 0DY). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 45 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–72 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in February 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 45 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£268/sq ft) was about 36.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.