16 Paradise Lane, Birmingham, B28 0DS

16 Paradise Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B28 0DS). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (131 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£769/sq ft) was about 219.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £695,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.