The Cottage, Wiggins Hill Road, Wishaw, Sutton Coldfield, B76 9QE

The Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Wishaw, Sutton Coldfield, Sutton Coldfield (B76 9QE). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil.

At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £702,000 sits 71.2% above the 2012 sale of £410,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£240/sq ft) was about 32.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in June 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.