12 Retreat Street, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6AH

12 Retreat Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6AH). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £519,000 sits 62.2% above the 2014 sale of £320,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 18.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in May 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.