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Get started48 Birches Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Codsall, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton (WV8 2JR). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wolverhampton HPI: 17.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 is 10.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£279/sq ft) was about 59.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £315,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
48 Birches Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£349,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 17.4% per year over 4 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 17.4% per year over 4 years.
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48 Birches Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,000
Street avg £2,166
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Birches Avenue — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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16 November 2021Most recent
£315,000
+96.9%over 4 years25 August 2017
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WV8 2JR: £301,000 (2025–2021).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
WV8 2DS
Closest school
0.1 km
Birches First School. 22 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB