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

230 Birmingham Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lickey End, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove (B61 0EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Bromsgrove HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£393/sq ft) was about 159.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 84 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 24 EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £355,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.