5 Seymour Close, Selly Park, Birmingham, B29 7JD

5 Seymour Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Selly Park, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 7JD). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very 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 push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. At 68 m² this is the 31st smallest of 39 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–79 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 39 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since January 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £162,000 sits 194.8% above the 2000 sale of £54,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£75/sq ft) was about 55.2% below the postcode norm.