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

14 Retreat Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6AH). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Redditch HPI: 2.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 is 15.8% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 24.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 140 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). Most recent transfer: September 2023 at £398,000.