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53 Douglas Avenue, Birmingham, B36 8EN

3 sales on record3 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
3
Floor area
211 m²
2271 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 56
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 53 Douglas Avenue

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

53 Douglas Avenue is a six-bedroom detached house in Birmingham (B36 8EN). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 211 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£214/sq ft) was about 53.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £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

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms6
  • Bathrooms3
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

53 Douglas Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jan 2024

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D56
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
9.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 53 Douglas Avenue, Birmingham, B36 8EN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

53 Douglas Avenue has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.

  1. Mar 2013
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Side of property

    Erection of single storey side extension

    Council
    Hodge Hill
    Reference
    2013/00246/PA
    View planning record
  2. Nov 2011
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Side of property

    Erection of single storey side extension

    Council
    Hodge Hill
    Reference
    2011/06306/PA
    View planning record

What's in 53 Douglas Avenue, Birmingham, B36 8EN's planning history?

1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on 53 Douglas Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£496,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 24 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£485,000

Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 24 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 29 August 2022Most recent

    £485,000

    +125.6%over 18 years
  2. 7 September 2003

    £215,000

    +135.0%over 5 years
  3. 30 July 1998

    £91,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in B36 8EN: £317,500 (2024–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Douglas Avenue homes

Four headline reads against 41 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

53 Douglas Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,299

Street avg £1,859

Above

Floor Area

211 m²

Street avg 131 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

9 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

9.7 t/year

Street avg 6.1 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Birmingham district page.

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

1.4 km

Stechford Rail Station — railway station.

Closest school

0.5 km

Hodge Hill Primary School. 47 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

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Common questions

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