12 Kestrel Close, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 5PF

12 Kestrel Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Erdington, Birmingham, Birmingham (B23 5PF). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £193,000 is 46.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 37.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).