Cedar Cottage, Clock Lane, Bickenhill, Solihull, B92 0DX

Cedar Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bickenhill, Solihull, Solihull (B92 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £302,000 sits 132.3% above the 2001 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 24.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 56 m² it's 23.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 11 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs).