17 Shire Close, Birmingham, B16 9EX
About 17 Shire Close
17 Shire Close is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B16 9EX). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 45 m² it's 16.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £144,000 is 22.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 90.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in May 2018.
Energy performance
17 Shire Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 Shire Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
43applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2001.
£144,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 17 years.
£117,500
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
24 May 2018Most recent
£117,500
+155.4%over 16 years28 June 2001
£46,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B16 9EX: £120,000 (2022–2004).
Versus other Shire Close homes
EPC Rating for 17 Shire Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,611
Street avg £1,955
Floor Area
45 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 2.5 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
0.3 km
The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School. 51 schools nearby.
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