9 Croydon Road, Bournbrook, Birmingham, B29 7BP

9 Croydon Road is a six-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bournbrook, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 7BP). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85).

Held since May 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £345,000 sits 415.3% above the 2001 sale of £66,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£48/sq ft) was about 67.4% below the postcode norm. At 130 m² it's 16.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 32 EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.