6 The Orchards, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2PP

6 The Orchards is a seven-bedroom detached house in Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Sutton Coldfield (B74 2PP). It has a recorded floor area of 610 m² (around 6566 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Held since September 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 610 m² the property is well over the postcode median (286 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 1996–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,052,000 sits 141.4% above the 2004 sale of £850,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£129/sq ft) was about 66.8% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.