143 College Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3SQ

143 College Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Alum Rock, Birmingham, Birmingham (B8 3SQ). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.

It hasn't traded since August 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 97 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £179,000 sits 411.4% above the 1998 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 67.8% below the postcode norm.