9 Croft Close, Birmingham, B25 8XJ

9 Croft Close is a one-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B25 8XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since June 2013. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 45 m² this is the 6th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–60 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since December 2003 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £113,000 is 37.8% above the 2003 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 19.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.