Ledbury House, Flat 31, 51 Shirestone Road, Birmingham, B33 0BY

Ledbury House is an end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B33 0BY). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 669 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. At 62 m² this is the 15th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in Ledbury House, where floor areas span 38–76 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 sits 55.4% above the 2007 sale of £74,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 29% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).