359 Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5BL

359 Chester Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B73 5BL). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Held since December 2008 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 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: 9.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £323,000 sits 61.5% above the 2008 sale of £200,000. At 117 m² it's 18.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 15 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.