222 Birmingham Road, Lickey End, Bromsgrove, B61 0EZ

222 Birmingham Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Lickey End, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove (B61 0EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Bromsgrove HPI: 19.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 sits 72.8% above the 2005 sale of £242,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 17.9% below the postcode norm. At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.