15 Melville Road, Birmingham, B16 9LN
About 15 Melville Road
15 Melville Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Birmingham (B16 9LN). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in January 2001. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £479,000 sits 383.8% above the 2001 sale of £99,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£57/sq ft) was about 67.7% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
15 Melville Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Planning history
15 Melville Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
43applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
15 Melville Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£479,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£99,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 January 2001Most recent
£99,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B16 9LN: £555,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in B16 9LN
Versus other Melville Road homes
15 Melville Road is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£619
Street avg £2,632
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 174 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 9.9 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
1.8 km
Edgbaston Village (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.5 km
George Dixon Academy. 43 schools nearby.
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