45 Somerset Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2JE

45 Somerset Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 2JE). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2002 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 sits 148.9% above the 2002 sale of £180,000. At 168 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (212 m² median across 15 EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.