48a, Church Road, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6DD

48a is a detached house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6DD). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in July 2019 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Sale prices here have outpaced Redditch HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£355/sq ft) was about 59.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 98 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 14 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £375,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.