31 Oakwood Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4EX

31 Oakwood Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sparkhill, Birmingham, Birmingham (B11 4EX). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 1997 — 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. Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 sits 529.1% above the 1997 sale of £27,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£21/sq ft) was about 72.3% below the postcode norm.