1a, Four Oaks Common Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4NL

1a is a five-bedroom detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B74 4NL). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. Other recorded features include a conservatory. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

It hasn't traded since July 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 25.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £575,000 sits 232.4% above the 2002 sale of £173,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 44.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.