9 Cobia, Tamworth, B77 1HS

9 Cobia is a three-bedroom detached house in Tamworth (B77 1HS). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

Held since January 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Tamworth HPI: 14.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £283,000 sits 102.1% above the 2005 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 17.7% below the postcode norm. At 92 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.