8 Hayes Grove, Birmingham, B24 0HR

8 Hayes Grove is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B24 0HR). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2013) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since April 2013. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 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: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £198,000 sits 65% above the 2007 sale of £120,000. At 102 m² it's 19.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 30 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 70% of similar EPCs).