7 Hayes Grove, Birmingham, B24 0HR

7 Hayes Grove is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B24 0HR). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 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. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 11% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £189,000 sits 57.6% above the 2007 sale of £119,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 35.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).