31 West Drive, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 3ST

31 West Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 3ST). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (May 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 9.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £397,000 is 47.1% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 69.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 116 m² it's 24.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (153 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).