40 Essendon Road, Birmingham, B8 3RG

40 Essendon Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B8 3RG). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 sits 63.8% above the 2015 sale of £105,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 65.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 23 EPCs). On the market in January 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.