17 High Street, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6BU

17 High Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6BU). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. Other recorded features include a basement.

Sale prices here have outpaced Redditch HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £394,000 is 21.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 19.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £325,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.