3 Doulton Close, Birmingham, B32 2XF

3 Doulton Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B32 2XF). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 1999 — that's 27 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 £340,000 sits 330.4% above the 1999 sale of £79,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 63.4% below the postcode norm. At 106 m² it's 23.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 7 EPCs).