38 Vicarage Road, Yardley, Birmingham, B33 8PH

38 Vicarage Road is a semi-detached house in Yardley, Birmingham, Birmingham (B33 8PH). It has a recorded floor area of 270 m² (around 2906 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 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 270 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £504,000 sits 740% above the 1997 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£21/sq ft) was about 88.8% below the postcode norm.