28 Forge Lane, Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, B74 3BE

28 Forge Lane is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Little Aston, Sutton Coldfield, Sutton Coldfield (B74 3BE). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £401,000 is 10.9% below the 2022 sale of £450,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£536/sq ft) was about 162.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 78 m² it's 29.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 19 EPCs). Sold May 2022 for £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.