7 College Grove, Hamstead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2QT

7 College Grove is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 2QT). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from December 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 2007, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 25.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 sits 66.3% above the 2007 sale of £101,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 80.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 68 m² it's 15.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs).