12 Durlston Grove, Birmingham, B28 8QJ

12 Durlston Grove is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B28 8QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.

At 59 m² it's 20.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £241,000 sits 51.6% above the 2016 sale of £159,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£250/sq ft) was about 51.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in December 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.