38 Braunston Close, Sutton Coldfield, B76 2SA

38 Braunston Close is a detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B76 2SA). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (September 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £554,000 is 30.4% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 65.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 8 years since the last transfer (April 2018). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.