44 Highters Close, Birmingham, B14 4NN

44 Highters Close is a one-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B14 4NN). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 46 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–365 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £108,000 is 35% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 42.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (71 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £80,000 in December 2018. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.