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

25 College Road is a mid-terrace house in Alum Rock, Birmingham, Birmingham (B8 3SH). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2530 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 235 m² the property is well over the postcode median (157 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £225,000 sits 52% above the 2004 sale of £148,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 50.5% below the postcode norm.