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Get startedCanal Cottage is a detached house in Birmingham (B14 4BS). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 58), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Canal Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Canal Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Two storey
Erection of two storey front and rear extensions.
Canal Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£387,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for Canal Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
33 (F)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 85 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.3 km
Yardley Wood Rail Station — railway station.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of a two storey side extension (TBC)
Median price across the last 5 sales in B14 4BS: £227,000 (2025–2022).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
B14 4PP
Closest school
0.4 km
Highters Heath Community School. 37 schools nearby.