108 Beeches Drive, Birmingham, B24 0DS

108 Beeches Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B24 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since June 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 sits 75.3% above the 2008 sale of £227,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 16.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 130 m² it's 27.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.