Silverbirch Court, Flat 10, Orphanage Road, Birmingham, B24 0AB

Silverbirch Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B24 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 73 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Silverbirch Court (37–73 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £124,000 sits 61% above the 2003 sale of £77,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 25% below the postcode norm.