The Dell, Flat 9, 127 Middleton Hall Road, Birmingham, B30 1AP

The Dell is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B30 1AP). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows a G (score 11), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (November 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 78 m² this is the 8th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in The Dell, where floor areas span 69–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (11 versus a best of 75).

At 78 m² it's 18.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £136,000 sits 76.6% above the 2012 sale of £77,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 38.9% below the postcode norm. On the market in May 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.