32 The Barley Lea, Coventry, CV3 1DS

32 The Barley Lea is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Coventry (CV3 1DS). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 56 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 46–98 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 79).

It hasn't traded since May 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 56 m² it's 23.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 29 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £116,000 sits 197.4% above the 2011 sale of £39,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 18.4% below the postcode norm.