8 Regent Walk, Birmingham, B8 2BP

8 Regent Walk is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B8 2BP). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 44 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 21–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

It hasn't traded since March 2000, a hold of 26 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 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (69 m² across 13 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 £113,000 sits 465% above the 2000 sale of £20,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£42/sq ft) was about 61.2% below the postcode norm.