151 Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5BB

151 Chester Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B73 5BB). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in January 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 sits 51.1% above the 2008 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 35.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).