2a, Slater Road, Bentley Heath, Solihull, B93 8AG

2a is a one-bedroom detached house in Bentley Heath, Solihull, Solihull (B93 8AG). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 504 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. At 47 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (47–156 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (36 versus a best of 70). The latest certificate (September 2011) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in April 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (89 m² across 16 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 £201,000 sits 74.8% above the 2000 sale of £115,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 26.6% below the postcode norm.