223 Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5BE

223 Chester Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B73 5BE). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £387,000 is 20.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£275/sq ft) was about 54.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² it sits well below the postcode median (183 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold March 2021 for £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.