34 Silver Birch Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 0AS

34 Silver Birch Road is a semi-detached house in Erdington, Birmingham, Birmingham (B24 0AS). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. At 31 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (31–255 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £333,000 is 20.7% below the 2021 sale of £420,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,259/sq ft) was about 771.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (48 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2011. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold October 2021 for £420,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.