105a, St Pauls Road, Smethwick, B66 1EY

105a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Smethwick (B66 1EY). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a G (score 14), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 3 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 20–247 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (14 versus a best of 76).

At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £106,000 sits 51.4% above the 2012 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£141/sq ft) was about 90.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 14 years since the last transfer (May 2012).