2 Packhorse Cottage, Packhorse Lane, Hollywood, Birmingham, B47 5DH

2 Packhorse Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hollywood, Birmingham, Birmingham (B47 5DH). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 109), a 4-band jump.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £244,000 sits 68.3% above the 2005 sale of £145,000. At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).