18 Cook Street, Birmingham, B7 5LP

18 Cook Street is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B7 5LP). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £195,000 is 16.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£223/sq ft) was about 163.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £168,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.