30 Rookery Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7DQ

30 Rookery Road is a mid-terrace house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 7DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 10.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £321,000 is 17.7% below the 2017 sale of £390,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 191.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in September 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. At 103 m² it's 16.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 31 EPCs).