18 Orchard Croft, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8NH

18 Orchard Croft is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnt Green, Birmingham, Birmingham (B45 8NH). It has a recorded floor area of 173 m² (around 1862 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £692,000 is 23.1% above the 2021 sale price. At 173 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £562,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.