1150 Yardley Wood Road, Birmingham, B14 4LD

1150 Yardley Wood Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B14 4LD). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in June 2006. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 16% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 is 25.4% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£239/sq ft) was about 31.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 36 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (43 m² median across 26 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.