18 Far Highfield, Sutton Coldfield, B76 1BP

18 Far Highfield is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B76 1BP). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £263,000 sits 255.4% above the 1999 sale of £74,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£140/sq ft) was about 44.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 49 m² it's 16.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 14 EPCs).