8 New Road, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6AW

8 New Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6AW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced Redditch HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 81.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £255,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 78 m² it's 22% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 15 EPCs).