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

34 Rookery Road is a six-bedroom mid-terrace house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 7DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Held since December 2010 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £382,000 sits 66.1% above the 2010 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 41.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 5 is the typical count.