1a, Carlton Close, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6BX

1a is a five-bedroom detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B75 6BX). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2014) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.

At 111 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £688,000 is 37.6% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£418/sq ft) was about 75.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.