Apartment 5, 1 Jubilee Drive, Birmingham, B20 2SU

Apartment 5 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B20 2SU). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2013) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 46–58 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (83 versus a worst of 48).

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode.