278 Hamstead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2RB

278 Hamstead Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 2RB). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2015. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2003 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 22.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £368,000 sits 102.2% above the 2003 sale of £182,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 39.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² it sits well below the postcode median (173 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.