2a, Buxton Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5RS

2a is a three-bedroom detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B73 5RS). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 52), 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 October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £441,000 is 43.6% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 19.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). On the market in January 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.