6 Oriel Villas, Warwick Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, B11 4QT

6 Oriel Villas is a mid-terrace house in Sparkhill, Birmingham, Birmingham (B11 4QT). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Held since December 2006 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 24.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 is 47.4% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 21.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.