Apartment 5, 52 Oddingley Road, Birmingham, B31 3BP

Apartment 5 is a two-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B31 3BP). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. At 61 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 52–63 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 81). Other recorded features include notable views. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since April 2016. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £134,000 is 34% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£152/sq ft) was about 16.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 61 m² it's 29.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £100,000 in June 2020.