23b, Church Road, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6EH

23b is a detached house in Astwood Bank, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6EH). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Held since June 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 190 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £641,000 sits 246.5% above the 1997 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 57.6% below the postcode norm.