30b, Hewell Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham, B45 8NE

30b is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Barnt Green, Birmingham, Birmingham (B45 8NE). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2014) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 96). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 106 m² this is the 21st smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 51–113 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (81 versus a worst of 40).

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in February 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2006. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £207,000 is 36.2% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 38.6% below the postcode norm.