9 Hillside Drive, Lickey End, Bromsgrove, B61 0ES

9 Hillside Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Lickey End, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove (B61 0ES). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced Bromsgrove HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £499,000 sits 66.3% above the 2010 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 15.8% below the postcode norm. At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 4 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.