Vine Cottage, Earls Common Road, Stock Green, Redditch, B96 6SY

Vine Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Stock Green, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6SY). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Redditch HPI: 5.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £542,000 is 33.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 40.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² it sits well below the postcode median (187 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2019 for £405,500.