Flat 2, 33 Livingstone Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 3LS

Flat 2 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 3LS). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

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. Today's modelled estimate of £104,000 sits 316% above the 2007 sale of £25,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£57/sq ft) was about 120% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).