98 City Road, Birmingham, B16 0HQ
About 98 City Road
98 City Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B16 0HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1671 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in February 2011. At 155 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £300,000 sits 73.4% above the 2011 sale of £173,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 468.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
98 City Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Nov 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
98 City Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of rear single storey extension
- Council
- Ladywood
- Reference
- 2011/08751/PA
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Sales history & valuation
98 City Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£300,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£173,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 February 2011Most recent
£173,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B16 0HQ: £90,000 (2007–1998).
Nearby sales in B16 0HQ
Versus other City Road homes
On years held, 98 City Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,114
Street avg £490
Floor Area
155 m²
Street avg 214 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 13.2 t/year
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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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