42 Leslie Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9DX
About 42 Leslie Road
42 Leslie Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham (B16 9DX). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The home occupies a corner plot.
Most recent transfer: July 2018 at £192,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £255,000 is 32.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 33.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Open-plan layoutYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- ParkingYes
- Corner plotYes
Energy performance
42 Leslie Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
42 Leslie Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
43applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 42 Leslie Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£255,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 23 years.
£192,500
Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
30 July 2018Most recent
£192,500
+126.5%over 17 years21 June 2001
£85,000
+97.9%over 4 years17 October 1996
£42,950
+34.2%over 12 months27 October 1995
£32,000
+30.6%26 October 1995
£24,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in B16 9DX: £165,000 (2020–2019).
Nearby sales in B16 9DX
3 Leslie Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9DX
Sold Oct 2020
£158,0004 Leslie Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9DX
Sold Nov 2019
£220,0005 Leslie Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9DX
Sold Aug 2019
£180,00048 Leslie Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9DX
Sold Jan 2019
£165,00036 Leslie Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B16 9DX
Sold Nov 2018
£140,000
Versus other Leslie Road homes
42 Leslie Road is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£1,816
Street avg £1,601
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Edgbaston Village (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School. 48 schools nearby.
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