Silverbirch Court, Flat 17, Orphanage Road, Birmingham, B24 0AB

Silverbirch Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B24 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 37 m² this is the smallest 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 (October 2023) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £106,000 sits 153.9% above the 2000 sale of £41,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 19.8% below the postcode norm. At 37 m² it's 27.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 17 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs).