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

35 Rookery Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 7DG). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 1997 — that's 29 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 £343,000 sits 374.7% above the 1997 sale of £72,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£71/sq ft) was about 38.6% below the postcode norm. At 94 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 36 EPCs).