3 Highcroft Villas, Highcroft Road, Birmingham, B23 6GQ

3 Highcroft Villas is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B23 6GQ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 65 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 64–116 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (February 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 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. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 25.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.