Silverbirch Court, Flat 4, 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 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. At 68 m² this is the 16th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in Silverbirch Court, where floor areas span 37–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since February 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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: 13.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£167/sq ft) was about 27.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 68 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).