17 Firs Farm Drive, Birmingham, B36 8DA
About 17 Firs Farm Drive
17 Firs Farm Drive is a mid-terrace house in Birmingham (B36 8DA). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Across 2021–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 95% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £171,000 is 12.3% below the 2022 sale of £195,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£221/sq ft) was about 130.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £195,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
17 Firs Farm Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 Firs Farm Drive has no planning applications on record.
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Firs Farm Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£171,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 95.0% per year over 1 year.
£195,000
Growth on file: 95.0% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
13 April 2022Most recent
£195,000
+95.0%over 11 months18 May 2021
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B36 8DA: £87,000 (2021–2009).
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Versus other Firs Farm Drive homes
17 Firs Farm Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,378
Street avg £1,312
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 2.7 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
2.0 km
Stechford Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Firs Primary School. 40 schools nearby.
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