51 Grafton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8PN
About 51 Grafton Road
51 Grafton Road is a semi-detached house in Handsworth, Birmingham, Birmingham (B21 8PN). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
51 Grafton Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 May 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
51 Grafton Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
3 applications on record at 51 Grafton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8PN
- Dec 2003ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of a two-storey side & rear extension and single-storey rear extension
- Council
- Perry Barr
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2003/06757/PA
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionNov 2004Decision
- ExtensionJul 2004Decision
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Sales history & valuation
51 Grafton Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£248,000
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 8PN: £180,000 (2021–2018).
Nearby sales in B21 8PN
69 Grafton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8PN
Sold Sept 2021
£180,00017 Grafton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8PN
Sold Jun 2020
£215,00059 Grafton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8PN
Sold Nov 2019
£188,0007 Grafton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8PN
Sold Aug 2019
£175,00031 Grafton Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 8PN
Sold Apr 2018
£161,000
Versus other Grafton Road homes
Floor Area for 51 Grafton Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 55 (E)
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 114 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 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
1.0 km
Handsworth Booth Street (West Midlands Metro) — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.3 km
St James Church of England Primary School, Handsworth. 48 schools nearby.
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