Orb, Apartment 22, 104 Carver Street, Birmingham, B1 3AP

Orb is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B1 3AP). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 48 m² this is the 7th smallest of 27 units on EPC record in Orb, where floor areas span 42–108 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony.

At 48 m² it's 25.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 36 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £161,000 is 10.7% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 16.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (March 2017).