Flat 4, 53 Bayston Road, Birmingham, B14 5AS

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B14 5AS). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 557 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. At 52 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (52–63 m²). The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (86 versus a worst of 76). The latest certificate (August 2010) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in April 2011. Sale prices here have lagged Birmingham HPI: -2.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £157,000 is 19.8% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 81.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: partial demolition approved in 2000. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 52 m² it's 20.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 60 EPCs).