16 Austin Road, Birmingham, B21 8NU
About 16 Austin Road
16 Austin Road is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B21 8NU). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (37 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
16 Austin 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 May 2022
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Planning history
16 Austin Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 16 Austin Road, Birmingham, B21 8NU
- Sept 2024ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 2.6 metres, eaves height 2.4 metres
- Council
- Perry Barr
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/05363/PA
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Sales history & valuation
16 Austin Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£164,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in B21 8NU: £160,000 (2024–2003).
Nearby sales in B21 8NU
Versus other Austin Road homes
EPC Rating for 16 Austin Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 106 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
15/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.3 km
St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth. 49 schools nearby.
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