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Get started5 Thornby Road is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B23 5DB). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 52 m² this is the 14th smallest of 40 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–137 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 52 m² it's 16.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 39 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
5 Thornby Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Aug 2025
5 Thornby Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£122,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On epc rating, 5 Thornby Road runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 74 (C)
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 48 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 1.6 t/year
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.3 km
Median price across the last 5 sales in B23 5DB: £180,500 (2024–2024).
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
Erdington Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Story Wood School. 38 schools nearby.