42 Hazel Avenue, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5AX

42 Hazel Avenue is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sutton Coldfield (B73 5AX). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. At 43 m² this is the 7th smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–93 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (75 versus a worst of 44). The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 95.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £145,000 in September 2022. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.