Birch Close, Flat 9, 105 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 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, main heating went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 60 m² this is the 6th 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.

Held since December 2002 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 sits 51.7% above the 2002 sale of £119,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£186/sq ft) was about 21.2% below the postcode norm.