57 City Road, Birmingham, B16 0HL
About 57 City Road
57 City Road is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B16 0HL). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
Held since October 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £342,000 sits 479.7% above the 1996 sale of £59,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£27/sq ft) was about 27.7% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
57 City Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
57 City Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
22applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
57 City Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£342,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£59,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 October 1996Most recent
£59,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in B16 0HL: £65,000 (2003–1997).
Versus other City Road homes
57 City Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
201 m²
Street avg 166 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 9.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.6 km
Winson Green Outer Circle (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.1 km
City Road Primary School. 59 schools nearby.
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