Amazon Lofts, Apartment 409, Tenby Street, Birmingham, B1 3AJ

Amazon Lofts is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B1 3AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since July 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity. At 62 m² this is the 8th smallest of 39 units on EPC record in Amazon Lofts, where floor areas span 43–161 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 39 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.

Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 is 10.9% below the 2022 sale of £192,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 56.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 62 m² it's 17.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (75 m² median across 39 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Sold November 2022 for £192,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.