23 Esme Road, Birmingham, B11 4NH

23 Esme Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B11 4NH). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and 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 November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 197 m² it's 23.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (159 m² median across 17 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £274,000 is 37% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 36.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.