Flat 4, 581 Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5HU

Flat 4 is a semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B73 5HU). It has a recorded floor area of 26 m² (around 280 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 26 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–75 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (33 versus a best of 76).

At 26 m² it sits well below the postcode median (65 m² across 39 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.