17 Newhall Farm Close, Sutton Coldfield, B76 1BQ

17 Newhall Farm Close is a semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B76 1BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 24 m² (around 257 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 24 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 34 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 19–116 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 (37 versus a best of 75).

Held since October 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 24 m² it sits well below the postcode median (38 m² across 33 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. Across 2000–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £103,000 is 47.1% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 34.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.