20 May Lane, Birmingham, B14 4AA

20 May Lane is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B14 4AA). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

Held since September 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 13.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 sits 166.7% above the 2001 sale of £90,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 23% below the postcode norm. At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).