1889a, Pershore Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 3DJ

1889a is an end-of-terrace house in Kings Norton, Birmingham, Birmingham (B30 3DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in December 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. At 48 m² this is the 4th smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 28 units on file.

Held since December 1997 — that's 28 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 £183,000 sits 83% above the 1997 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 64.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (69 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs).