Birch Close, Flat 2, 103 Greenfield Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0EH

Birch Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Harborne, Birmingham, Birmingham (B17 0EH). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. At 56 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 10 units on EPC record in Birch Close, where floor areas span 53–66 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in August 1997. 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 £166,000 sits 201.8% above the 1997 sale of £55,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 61.3% below the postcode norm.