44 Shipway Road, Birmingham, B25 8DS

44 Shipway Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B25 8DS). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since November 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 3.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £179,000 sits 198.3% above the 2011 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 29.3% below the postcode norm. At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). On the market in December 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.