2 Dorset Road, Birmingham, B17 8EN

2 Dorset Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B17 8EN). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor.

Held since August 2001 — that's 25 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. At 123 m² it's 27.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £276,000 sits 360% above the 2001 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 65.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2003. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.