108 Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 0AL
About 108 Chester Road
108 Chester Road is a detached house in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, Birmingham (B36 0AL). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 164 m² it's 19.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (137 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £580,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£275/sq ft) was about 64.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £485,000. 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
108 Chester Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 108 Chester Road.
- Nov 2018ConditionsIn report
Discharge condition Nos. 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 on planning approval PL/2018/01074/PPOL.
- Agent
- FB Architecture Ltd
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/2018/02722/DIS
- Oct 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/2018/02522/MINFHO
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 108 Chester Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£580,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£485,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 June 2021Most recent
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B36 0AL: £260,000 (2024–2012).
Nearby sales in B36 0AL
96 Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 0AL
Sold Jul 2024
£367,000106 Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 0AL
Sold Jul 2014
£315,000116 Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 0AL
Sold May 2013
£199,950102 Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 0AL
Sold Oct 2012
£230,00098 Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 0AL
Sold Mar 2011
£130,000
Everything we know about 108 Chester Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Chester Road homes
108 Chester Road outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,957
Street avg £1,982
Floor Area
164 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 9.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.5 km
Plank Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Mary and St Margaret's Church of England Aided Primary School. 39 schools nearby.
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