17 Branscombe Close, Birmingham, B14 6PP

17 Branscombe Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B14 6PP). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 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. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 is 45.8% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 19% below the postcode norm.