11 Pakenham Road, Birmingham, B15 2NE

11 Pakenham Road is a one-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B15 2NE). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 17.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £648,000 is 16.4% below the 2008 sale of £775,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,895/sq ft) was about 851.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It hasn't traded since February 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 38 m² it's 21.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.