35 Cheltenham Avenue, Catshill, Bromsgrove, B61 0RU

35 Cheltenham Avenue is a four-bedroom detached house in Catshill, Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove (B61 0RU). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced Bromsgrove HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £425,000 sits 95% above the 2009 sale of £218,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 31.7% below the postcode norm. At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (131 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2019. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.