254a, Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1DH

254a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B72 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2002 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 sits 113.6% above the 2002 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£137/sq ft) was about 37.1% below the postcode norm.