Flat 7, 38 Sherbourne Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6EA

Flat 7 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Acocks Green, Birmingham, Birmingham (B27 6EA). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (March 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 61 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (32 versus a best of 77). Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since August 2005 — that's 21 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. Across 2005–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 26.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £141,000 is 19% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 60.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.