1c, Amington Road, Tamworth, B77 3LH

1c is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Tamworth (B77 3LH). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. At 62 m² this is the 4th smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–205 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since November 2008 — that's 18 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 62 m² it's 16.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 13 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 is 11.5% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 34.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.