40 Lee Crescent, Birmingham, B15 2BJ

40 Lee Crescent is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B15 2BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1935 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 40). The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £508,000 sits 81.4% above the 2011 sale of £280,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 27.6% below the postcode norm. At 180 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in September 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.