40 Balcaskie Close, Birmingham, B15 3UE

40 Balcaskie Close is a detached house in Birmingham (B15 3UE). 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 (May 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2019 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 28.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £601,000 is 10.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£448/sq ft) was about 91.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2021 for £545,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.