279 Alcester Road, Hollywood, Birmingham, B47 5HJ

279 Alcester Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Hollywood, Birmingham, Birmingham (B47 5HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good.

At 123 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 sits 107.2% above the 2012 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 28.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2012. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in March 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.