22 The Grange, Birmingham, B20 1BH

22 The Grange is a five-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B20 1BH). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1107 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since May 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 103 m² it sits well below the postcode median (196 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £562,000 is 46.8% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 72.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.