3 Sycamore Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 0QW

3 Sycamore Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B21 0QW). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 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. At 78 m² it's 20.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 40 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 is 46.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 43.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.