1 Bute Close, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 0NT

1 Bute Close is a mid-terrace house in Rednal, Birmingham, Birmingham (B45 0NT). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 2004, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £188,000 sits 58.6% above the 2004 sale of £118,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 22% below the postcode norm.