5 Maltings Close, Ackleton, Wolverhampton, WV6 7WB

5 Maltings Close is a detached house in Ackleton, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton (WV6 7WB). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since September 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 120 m² it sits well below the postcode median (208 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £659,000 sits 251.5% above the 1998 sale of £187,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 18.5% below the postcode norm.