3 Barton Lodge Road, Birmingham, B28 0RW

3 Barton Lodge Road is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B28 0RW). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in February 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £343,000 sits 390% above the 1997 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 59.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 89 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 11 EPCs).