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Get started173 May Lane is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B14 4AL). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 37.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 121 m² it's 18.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 8 EPCs). Sold March 2021 for £370,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Oct 2023
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 173 May Lane.
Extension: Side and rear of property
Erection of two storey side and rear extensions, single storey front and rear extensions and front porch and retention of single storey rear extension
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£343,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 20 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 20 years.
On epc rating, 173 May Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,058
Street avg £2,921
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.9 km
Yardley Wood Rail Station — railway station.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 4 metres. Eaves height 2.7 metres.
1 more application for this property
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17 March 2021Most recent
£370,000
+221.7%over 20 years26 January 2001
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B14 4AL: £374,950 (2025–2018).
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
B14 4JU
Closest school
0.4 km
Kings Heath Secondary School. 40 schools nearby.
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