25 Beech Farm Croft, Birmingham, B31 2LG

25 Beech Farm Croft is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B31 2LG). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 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 £336,000 sits 394.1% above the 1997 sale of £68,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£60/sq ft) was about 65.3% below the postcode norm. At 105 m² it's 23.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 17 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.