7 Billingham Close, Solihull, B91 3UQ

7 Billingham Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Solihull (B91 3UQ). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1025 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.

Held since January 2011 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £491,000 sits 59.7% above the 2011 sale of £307,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.