422 Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5BS

422 Chester Road is a semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B73 5BS). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £324,000 is 27.1% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 40.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 92 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 26 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. Sold February 2020 for £255,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.