1a, Boswell Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NB

1a is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B74 2NB). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since February 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Across 2001–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 29.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £386,000 sits 51.4% above the 2006 sale of £255,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£266/sq ft) was about 27.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 89 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.