Old Smithy, Droitwich Road, Bradley Green, Redditch, B96 6QU

Old Smithy is a detached house in Bradley Green, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6QU). It has a recorded floor area of 289 m² (around 3111 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Redditch HPI: 1.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£277/sq ft) was about 90.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 289 m² the property is well over the postcode median (183 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £861,250. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.