165 Balden Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B32 2EL
About 165 Balden Road
165 Balden Road is a semi-detached house in Harborne, Birmingham, Birmingham (B32 2EL). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
At 106 m² it sits well below the postcode median (156 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 is 21.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£298/sq ft) was about 51.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £340,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
165 Balden Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£414,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£340,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 November 2022Most recent
£340,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B32 2EL: £420,000 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in B32 2EL
145 Balden Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B32 2EL
Sold Mar 2025
£450,000151 Balden Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B32 2EL
Sold Oct 2020
£435,000153 Balden Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B32 2EL
Sold Aug 2020
£343,000137 Balden Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B32 2EL
Sold Apr 2019
£420,000133 Balden Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B32 2EL
Sold Aug 2013
£390,000
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Versus other Balden Road homes
Floor Area for 165 Balden Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,208
Street avg £2,460
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
3.0 km
University Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School. 45 schools nearby.
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