23 Livingstone Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 3LS

23 Livingstone Road is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 3LS). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2020 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.

Held since November 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £338,000 sits 562.7% above the 1997 sale of £51,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£26/sq ft) was about 54.5% below the postcode norm.