24 Lordswood Square, Lordswood Road, Birmingham, B17 9BS

24 Lordswood Square is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B17 9BS). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 37 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 46 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–58 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since March 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 37 m² it's 22.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (48 m² median across 45 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £123,000 is 46.4% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£211/sq ft) was about 16.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.