286 Hamstead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2RB

286 Hamstead Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 2RB). It has a recorded floor area of 253 m² (around 2723 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since September 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 253 m² the property is well over the postcode median (166 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £416,000 sits 108% above the 2012 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 46% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in March 2012.