1 Forder Grove, Birmingham, B14 5JN

1 Forder Grove is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B14 5JN). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1073 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows a C (score 71). The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a corner plot.

Held since April 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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: 16.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 115% above the 2007 sale of £133,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£124/sq ft) was about 26.7% below the postcode norm. At 100 m² it's 24.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.