4 Croome Close, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4JG

4 Croome Close is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Sparkhill, Birmingham, Birmingham (B11 4JG). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £298,000 sits 52.8% above the 2012 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 26% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 155 m² it's 24.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (125 m² median across 16 EPCs). Last sold in February 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.