12 Seymour Close, Coventry, CV3 4ER

12 Seymour Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Coventry (CV3 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 59 m² this is the 12th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 55–76 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 33 units on file.

It hasn't traded since August 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £119,000 sits 240% above the 2000 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 54.9% below the postcode norm.