39 Bowling Green Close, Birmingham, B23 5QU

39 Bowling Green Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B23 5QU). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 71 m² this is the 27th smallest of 39 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since April 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £129,000 is 33% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 26.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 71 m² it's 20.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 38 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.