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Get startedElm Cottage is a semi-detached house in Bickenhill, Solihull, Solihull (B92 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
Elm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Elm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£314,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Elm Cottage is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 79 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Birmingham Intl Rail Station (Air-Rail Link) — subway entrance.
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Hot water efficiency decreased
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in B92 0DX: £130,000 (2009–2001).
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Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Closest school
2.7 km
Coppice Academy. 5 schools nearby.