258 260, Flat 1, Fordhouse Lane, Birmingham, B30 3AB

258 260 is an end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B30 3AB). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 33 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in 258 260, where floor areas span 26–58 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Today's modelled estimate of £144,000 is 77.8% below the 2022 sale of £650,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,830/sq ft) was about 1118.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (88 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.