59 Lea Road, Birmingham, B11 3LT

59 Lea Road is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B11 3LT). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 sits 127.6% above the 2005 sale of £76,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 29.9% below the postcode norm.