1 Cookes Croft, Birmingham, B31 3XR

1 Cookes Croft is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B31 3XR). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

Held since February 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. At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £298,000 sits 418.3% above the 1997 sale of £57,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£51/sq ft) was about 70.8% below the postcode norm.