7 Hartopp Road, Birmingham, B8 1TE

7 Hartopp Road is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B8 1TE). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £177,000 sits 61.6% above the 2005 sale of £109,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 31.7% below the postcode norm.