16 Firsby Road, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2QX
About 16 Firsby Road
16 Firsby Road is a mid-terrace house in Quinton, Birmingham, Birmingham (B32 2QX). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 61 m² it's 22% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 25 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £172,000 sits 81.1% above the 2016 sale of £95,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in March 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
16 Firsby Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
16 Firsby Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2022ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of 6 metre deep single storey rear extension. Maximum height 3.3 metres. Eaves height 3 metres.
- Council
- Edgbaston
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2022/08078/PA
What's in 16 Firsby Road, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2QX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
16 Firsby Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£172,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 12 years.
£95,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
18 March 2016Most recent
£95,000
+31.9%over 12 years25 September 2003
£72,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B32 2QX: £140,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in B32 2QX
12 Firsby Road, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2QX
Sold Jun 2024
£190,0003 Firsby Road, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2QX
Sold Feb 2024
£60,00023 Firsby Road, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2QX
Sold Apr 2022
£167,5007 Firsby Road, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2QX
Sold Sept 2021
£72,00010 Firsby Road, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 2QX
Sold Oct 2020
£135,000
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Versus other Firsby Road homes
16 Firsby Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,557
Street avg £1,917
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
World's End Junior School. 43 schools nearby.
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