256a, Gospel Lane, Birmingham, B27 7AH

256a is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B27 7AH). It has a recorded floor area of 21 m² (around 226 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. At 21 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (21–97 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 25 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £138,000 is 44.4% below the 2022 sale of £248,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,097/sq ft) was about 639% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 21 m² it sits well below the postcode median (71 m² across 24 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. Last sale on file: £248,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.