10 Chapel Road, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6AL

10 Chapel Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6AL). It has a recorded floor area of 255 m² (around 2745 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in February 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 255 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 17 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. Sale prices here have lagged Redditch HPI: -6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 sits 70.4% above the 2008 sale of £240,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£87/sq ft) was about 60.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2009. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.