Cleeve Cottage, Forshaw Heath Road, Earlswood, Solihull, B94 5JX

Cleeve Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Earlswood, Solihull, Solihull (B94 5JX). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 1997–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 is 28.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£322/sq ft) was about 41.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in December 2016. At 117 m² it's 15.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 8 EPCs).