8b, York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7RZ

8b is a mid-terrace house in Kings Heath, Birmingham, Birmingham (B14 7RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity. At 78 m² this is the 17th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 58–125 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 29 units on file.

It hasn't traded since September 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £206,000 sits 724% above the 1997 sale of £25,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£30/sq ft) was about 88.4% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).