Old School, Kingsbury Road, Marston, Sutton Coldfield, B76 0DH

Old School is a detached house in Marston, Sutton Coldfield, Sutton Coldfield (B76 0DH). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £511,000 is 18.6% below the 2014 sale of £627,500, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 407.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 165 m² it sits well below the postcode median (236 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2012. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 12 years ago, in June 2014.