26 Austin Road, Birmingham, B21 8NU
About 26 Austin Road
26 Austin Road is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B21 8NU). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump.
At 83 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 2026. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold November 2024 for £161,000.
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Energy performance
26 Austin Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
26 Austin Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 26 Austin Road, Birmingham, B21 8NU
- Jan 2026ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension
- Council
- Perry Barr
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2025/06506/PA
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Sales history & valuation
26 Austin Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£153,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£161,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 November 2024Most recent
£161,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B21 8NU: £90,000 (2021–2002).
Nearby sales in B21 8NU
Versus other Austin Road homes
26 Austin Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,940
Street avg £1,860
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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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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