1 Ditton Grove, Birmingham, B31 4RY

1 Ditton Grove is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B31 4RY). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 973 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in December 1998. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 3.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £211,000 sits 478.1% above the 1998 sale of £36,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£38/sq ft) was about 75.9% below the postcode norm. At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.