55 Bartley Drive, Birmingham, B31 1AR

55 Bartley Drive is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B31 1AR). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 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 £122,000 sits 144.2% above the 2000 sale of £49,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 17.5% below the postcode norm. At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (75 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.