31 Watford Road, Birmingham, B30 1JB

31 Watford Road is a detached house in Birmingham (B30 1JB). It has a recorded floor area of 21 m² (around 226 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2024); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 21 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–102 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 23 units on file.

Held since May 1995 — that's 31 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 £199,000 sits 231.7% above the 1995 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 21.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 21 m² it sits well below the postcode median (41 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.