17 Hewell Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8NG

17 Hewell Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnt Green, Birmingham, Birmingham (B45 8NG). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £515,000 sits 53% above the 2016 sale of £336,665. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 34.5% below the postcode norm. At 162 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in January 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.