2 Oak Drive, Birmingham, B23 5DQ

2 Oak Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B23 5DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2014) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93). The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since February 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £308,000 sits 52.1% above the 2008 sale of £202,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£224/sq ft) was about 15.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.