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Get started20 Rookery Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, Birmingham (B29 7DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 168.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 92 m² it's 25.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 31 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £325,000 in August 2019.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
20 Rookery Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Retrospective application for change of use to a 9 bed HMO (Sui Generis), retention of dormer window to front and remedial works to re-install bay window to front
Price for 20 Rookery Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£355,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 22 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 22 years.
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Floor Area for 20 Rookery Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,533
Street avg £1,974
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Selly Oak Rail Station — railway station.
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Retrospective application for change of use from an 8 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis) to a 9 bed HMO (Sui Generis) and retention of front dormer window and single storey forward extension including remedial works to unauthorised forward extension and alterations to fenestration detail to side/rear
3 more applications for this property
See the full planning history in the property report.
12 August 2019Most recent
£325,000
+54.8%over 12 years25 January 2007
£210,000
+320.4%over 9 years21 March 1997
£49,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in B29 7DQ: £380,000 (2024–2022).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
B29 7EU
Closest school
0.3 km
Tiverton Academy. 41 schools nearby.