12 Spinney Close, Birchmoor, Tamworth, B78 1BD

12 Spinney Close is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birchmoor, Tamworth, Tamworth (B78 1BD). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2011) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 36 m² this is the 7th smallest of 19 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–74 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 (35 versus a best of 78).

It hasn't traded since June 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (54 m² across 18 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £110,000 sits 214.3% above the 1998 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 32.7% below the postcode norm.