12 Broadfields Road, Birmingham, B23 5TL

12 Broadfields Road is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B23 5TL). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 13.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £400,000 sits 70.2% above the 2003 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£126/sq ft) was about 21% below the postcode norm. At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.