Rutland, Flat 2, 50 Barons Close, Birmingham, B17 9TL

Rutland is a two-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B17 9TL). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity. At 56 m² this is the 4th smallest of 6 units on EPC record in Rutland, where floor areas span 52–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since July 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £146,000 sits 317.1% above the 1996 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 65.4% below the postcode norm.