1042a, Yardley Wood Road, Birmingham, B14 4BW

1042a is an end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B14 4BW). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2022 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on electricity. At 73 m² this is the 12th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 14 units on file.

At 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £175,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.