17 College Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3SH

17 College Road is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Alum Rock, Birmingham, Birmingham (B8 3SH). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 25.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £233,000 sits 55.3% above the 2005 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 23.5% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.