72 Highfield Road, Saltley, Birmingham, B8 3QU

72 Highfield Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Saltley, Birmingham, Birmingham (B8 3QU). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

It hasn't traded since May 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 93 m² it's 16.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 27 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £165,000 sits 266.7% above the 2000 sale of £45,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 53.5% below the postcode norm.