74 May Lane, Birmingham, B14 4AG

74 May Lane is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B14 4AG). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 66.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £320,000 in September 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 107 m² it's 23% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 39 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).