5 Broad Road, Birmingham, B27 7UZ

5 Broad Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B27 7UZ). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £253,000 is 16.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 38% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £217,500 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.