12 Yardley Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 6ED

12 Yardley Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Acocks Green, Birmingham, Birmingham (B27 6ED). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 34 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–270 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (24 versus a best of 67).

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in September 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 34 m² it sits well below the postcode median (52 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £181,000 sits 120.7% above the 1997 sale of £82,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£224/sq ft) was about 309% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.