2 Forest Drive, Birmingham, B17 9HW

2 Forest Drive is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B17 9HW). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in July 2003. At 56 m² the property is well over the postcode median (42 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £277,000 sits 77.6% above the 2003 sale of £156,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 17.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.