1 Hartopp Road, Birmingham, B8 1TE

1 Hartopp Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Birmingham (B8 1TE). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since March 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 66 m² it's 18.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 18 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged Birmingham HPI: -4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £135,000 sits 68.8% above the 2011 sale of £80,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.