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Get started4 Forder Grove is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B14 5JN). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in August 2007. 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: 12.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £258,000 sits 59.3% above the 2007 sale of £162,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 18.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
4 Forder Grove has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£258,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.6% per year over 11 years.
£162,000
Growth on file: 12.6% per year over 11 years.
Habitable Rooms for 4 Forder Grove runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,820
Street avg £2,018
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Highters Heath Lane — bus stop.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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16 August 2007Most recent
£162,000
+277.2%over 11 years7 June 1996
£42,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in B14 5JN: £162,500 (2020–2015).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
B14 5ED
Closest school
0.4 km
Hollywood Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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