15 Rookery Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7DG

15 Rookery Road is an eight-bedroom mid-terrace house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 7DG). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since February 1995 — that's 31 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 £402,000 sits 737.5% above the 1995 sale of £48,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£35/sq ft) was about 70.3% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 129 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 36 EPCs). 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count.