1 The Lea, Birmingham, B33 8JJ

1 The Lea is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B33 8JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £284,000 sits 95.9% above the 2016 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 47.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (February 2016).