25 Bartley Drive, Birmingham, B31 1AR

25 Bartley Drive is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B31 1AR). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 1998 — that's 28 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 £181,000 sits 277.1% above the 1998 sale of £48,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£56/sq ft) was about 59.4% below the postcode norm.