Apartment 8, 36 Ryland Street, Birmingham, B16 8DB

Apartment 8 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B16 8DB). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2021) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 71 m² this is the 21st smallest of 35 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–91 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

Today's modelled estimate of £187,000 is 18% below the 2007 sale of £227,950, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 22.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It hasn't traded since June 2007, a hold of 19 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. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs).