3 Golden Cross Lane, Catshill, Bromsgrove, B61 0LQ

3 Golden Cross Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Catshill, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove (B61 0LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in November 2006. Sale prices here have outpaced Bromsgrove HPI: 15.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £295,000 sits 63.9% above the 2006 sale of £180,000. At 84 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 15 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).