25 Francis Road, Yardley, Birmingham, B25 8HP

25 Francis Road is a mid-terrace house in Yardley, Birmingham, Birmingham (B25 8HP). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in November 1997. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 38.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £196,000 sits 422.7% above the 1997 sale of £37,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£30/sq ft) was about 63.9% below the postcode norm. At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.