9 Knoll Croft, Birmingham, B16 8DY

9 Knoll Croft is a two-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B16 8DY). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. At 55 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 54–100 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 79). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in August 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 12 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. Today's modelled estimate of £125,000 sits 204.9% above the 1998 sale of £41,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 57.6% below the postcode norm.