Cherry Trees, Earls Common Road, Stock Green, Redditch, B96 6TB

Cherry Trees is a two-bedroom detached house in Stock Green, Redditch, Redditch (B96 6TB). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (156 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £349,000 is 41.3% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£417/sq ft) was about 120.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.