3 Birch Drive, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6HY

3 Birch Drive is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B75 6HY). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1996–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £397,000 sits 65.5% above the 2014 sale of £239,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 23% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (April 2014).