8 Grestone Avenue, Birmingham, B20 1AX

8 Grestone Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B20 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 6 certificates since July 2013. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £311,000 sits 72.8% above the 2013 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£106/sq ft) was about 38.4% below the postcode norm. On the market in August 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.