21 Dorset Road, Birmingham, B17 8EN
About 21 Dorset Road
21 Dorset Road is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B17 8EN). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 is 43.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 62.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2019 at £190,000.
Energy performance
21 Dorset 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Mar 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
21 Dorset Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
2 applications on record at 21 Dorset Road, Birmingham, B17 8EN
- Feb 2018ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of two storey side and rear extension
- Council
- Edgbaston
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 2018/00016/PA
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJul 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
21 Dorset Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£272,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.5% per year over 1 year.
£190,000
Growth on file: 1.5% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
15 February 2019Most recent
£190,000
+1.6%over 1 year22 January 2018
£187,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B17 8EN: £195,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in B17 8EN
Versus other Dorset Road homes
EPC Rating for 21 Dorset Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,111
Street avg £1,404
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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
11/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.7 km
Smethwick Rolfe Street Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Shireland Technology Primary. 54 schools nearby.
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