4 West Acre, Westfield Road, Birmingham, B15 3XB

4 West Acre is a two-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B15 3XB). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity. At 86 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 82–86 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 60).

Held since October 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £234,000 sits 169% above the 1999 sale of £87,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 42.9% below the postcode norm.