21 The Vale, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4EN

21 The Vale is a two-bedroom detached house in Sparkhill, Birmingham, Birmingham (B11 4EN). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 985 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2010) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from February 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in January 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £317,000 is 13.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 86.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 92 m² it sits well below the postcode median (182 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2018. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.