46a, Englestede Close, Birmingham, B20 1BJ

46a is a five-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B20 1BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 222 m² (around 2390 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2005 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £484,000 is 37.9% above the 2005 sale price. At 222 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (262 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.