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Get started42 George Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 6AH). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2011); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 6.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 134.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold December 2024 for £285,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
42 George Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Installation of dormer window to front
42 George Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
£266,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 24 years.
£285,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 24 years.
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42 George Road is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,167
Street avg £2,209
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Selly Oak Rail Station — railway station.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of 3.5 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3.9 metres, eaves height 2.9 metres
1 more application for this property
See the full planning history in the property report.
16 December 2024Most recent
£285,000
+128.0%over 21 years26 March 2003
£125,000
+115.5%over 2 years2 March 2001
£58,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B29 6AH: £430,000 (2022–2019).
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CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
B29 6ED
Closest school
0.3 km
Tiverton Academy. 34 schools nearby.