19 Fountain Road, Birmingham, B17 8NJ

19 Fountain Road is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B17 8NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 1999 — that's 27 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 £658,000 sits 647.7% above the 1999 sale of £88,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 70.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 190 m² it's 23.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (154 m² median across 8 EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count.