3 Hitches Lane, Birmingham, B15 2LS

3 Hitches Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B15 2LS). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Held since February 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £486,000 sits 341.8% above the 1997 sale of £110,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 47.7% below the postcode norm. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs).