1 Longfellow Road, Birmingham, B30 1BN
About 1 Longfellow Road
1 Longfellow Road is a semi-detached house in Birmingham (B30 1BN). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £357,000 sits 66% above the 2019 sale of £215,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£154/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, new windows and HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £215,000 in October 2019.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2020ExtensionAmendmentIn report
Extension: Single storey
Application for Non-Material Amendment to planning approval 2019/10590/PA for removal of en-suites from the bedrooms, installation of bathrooms on ground and first floor, incorporation of store into loft bedroom, conversion of store within loft to a bathroom, reduction in size of ground floor extension with flat roof instead of pitched roof, removal of one rear window in ground floor extension, installation of front window in ground floor extension, installation of additional roof light in front elevation and removal of second floor rear window
- Council
- Selly Oak
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 2020/08755/PA
- Oct 2020AmendmentIn report
Non Material Amendment to Planning Approval 2019/10590/PA for new windows and roof lights
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2020/07957/PA
What's in 1 Longfellow Road, Birmingham, B30 1BN's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
1 Longfellow Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£357,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£215,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 October 2019Most recent
£215,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B30 1BN: £119,000 (2021–2017).
Nearby sales in B30 1BN
Flat 1, 18 Longfellow Road, Birmingham, B30 1BN
Sold Oct 2021
£119,0008 Longfellow Road, Birmingham, B30 1BN
Sold Apr 2021
£72,0007 Longfellow Road, Birmingham, B30 1BN
Sold Oct 2020
£255,00010 Longfellow Road, Birmingham, B30 1BN
Sold Mar 2009
£59,000Flat 6, 22 Longfellow Road, Birmingham, B30 1BN
Sold Feb 2004
£59,950
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Kings Norton Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys. 46 schools nearby.
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