8 Poplar Drive, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8NQ

8 Poplar Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnt Green, Birmingham, Birmingham (B45 8NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £706,000 is 28.4% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 15.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 140 m² it's 18.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (118 m² median across 7 EPCs). 10 years since the last transfer (June 2016).