21 Grosvenor Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 3NW

21 Grosvenor Road is a semi-detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 3NW). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since July 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sale prices here have lagged Birmingham HPI: -9.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 sits 521.6% above the 2000 sale of £37,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£25/sq ft) was about 78.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.