865 Chester Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 0BT

865 Chester Road is a semi-detached house in Erdington, Birmingham, Birmingham (B24 0BT). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in September 2005. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 11.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £393,000 sits 67.2% above the 2005 sale of £235,000. At 147 m² it's 21.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (121 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.