19 Fernbank Road, Birmingham, B8 3NR

19 Fernbank Road is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B8 3NR). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2015. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since August 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £193,000 sits 60.8% above the 2007 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 21% below the postcode norm. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.