42 North Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6AW

42 North Road is a mid-terrace house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 6AW). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 10.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £284,000 is 36.7% below the 2021 sale of £449,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£369/sq ft) was about 189.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 113 m² it's 23.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 32 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 72% of similar EPCs). Sold May 2021 for £449,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.