15 Retford Grove, Birmingham, B25 8EQ

15 Retford Grove is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B25 8EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on bulk wood pellets. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in December 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 sits 341.8% above the 1998 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£46/sq ft) was about 69.6% below the postcode norm.