139 Friary Road, Birmingham, B20 1AL

139 Friary Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B20 1AL). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Today's modelled estimate of £305,000 sits 90.6% above the 2009 sale of £160,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 35% below the postcode norm.