9 Hermitage Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3UP

9 Hermitage Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham (B15 3UP). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows a G (score 3), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (October 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in May 2010. At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (253 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,010/sq ft) was about 351.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.