15 Castle Street, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6DP

15 Castle Street is a three-bedroom detached house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6DP). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced Redditch HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £425,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 64.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £375,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.