55 Ventnor Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham, B36 8EE
About 55 Ventnor Avenue
55 Ventnor Avenue is a semi-detached house in Ward End, Birmingham, Birmingham (B36 8EE). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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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 Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Nov 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
55 Ventnor Avenue has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single-storey rear and front extensions
- Council
- Hodge Hill
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2006/06286/PA
What's in 55 Ventnor Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham, B36 8EE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
55 Ventnor Avenue has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£339,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in B36 8EE: £210,000 (2016–2008).
Nearby sales in B36 8EE
32 Ventnor Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham, B36 8EE
Sold Jul 2016
£140,00034 Ventnor Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham, B36 8EE
Sold Dec 2012
£210,00045 Ventnor Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham, B36 8EE
Sold Sept 2011
£190,00040 Ventnor Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham, B36 8EE
Sold Jul 2011
£320,00063 Ventnor Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham, B36 8EE
Sold Jul 2008
£280,000
Everything we know about 55 Ventnor Avenue, in one report
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Versus other Ventnor Avenue homes
EPC Rating for 55 Ventnor Avenue runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
66 (D)
Street avg 55 (D)
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 141 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
1.6 km
Stechford Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Hodge Hill Primary School. 43 schools nearby.
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