163 Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5BB

163 Chester Road is an end-of-terrace house in Sutton Coldfield (B73 5BB). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £259,000 is 10.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£227/sq ft) was about 31.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £235,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.