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Get started49 Somerset Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B20 2JE). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £361,000 sits 64.8% above the 2014 sale of £219,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 27.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in June 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. At 160 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (212 m² median across 15 EPCs).
49 Somerset Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Apr 2026
49 Somerset Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£361,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 17 years.
£219,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 17 years.
49 Somerset Road is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£1,369
Street avg £1,583
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 201 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
10/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
30 June 2014Most recent
£219,000
+217.4%over 16 years31 July 1997
£69,000
+16.9%23 April 1997
£59,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B20 2JE: £402,500 (2025–2021).
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 16.8 t/year
B20 2JS
Hamstead (Birmingham) Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy. 50 schools nearby.
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