1 Laurel Grove, Birmingham, B30 1LE

1 Laurel Grove is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B30 1LE). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 11 years since the last transfer (September 2015). Across 1996–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £693,000 is 32% above the 2015 sale price.