Flat 1, 600 Kings Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B44 9JB

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Great Barr, Birmingham, Birmingham (B44 9JB). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since June 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 52 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £101,000 is 38.4% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£161/sq ft) was about 40.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.