18 Melville Hall, Holly Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9NJ

18 Melville Hall is a two-bedroom detached house in Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham (B16 9NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 78 m² this is the 8th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 53–120 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 (47 versus a best of 72). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since November 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 is 12.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 47.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £205,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.