3 Somerset Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2JE

3 Somerset Road is a six-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 2JE). It has a recorded floor area of 308 m² (around 3315 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 10.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £444,000 sits 133.7% above the 2014 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£57/sq ft) was about 43.1% below the postcode norm. At 308 m² the property is well over the postcode median (197 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in October 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.