160 Albert Road, Stechford, Birmingham, B33 8UE

160 Albert Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Stechford, Birmingham, Birmingham (B33 8UE). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 20.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 is 44.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 21.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in April 2016.