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Get started1 Chestnut Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Cofton Hackett, Birmingham, Birmingham (B45 8AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 64.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer was August 2025 at £630,000 — fresh data. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
1 Chestnut Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
1 Chestnut Drive has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Rear of property
Rear Extension
Latest sale on 1 Chestnut Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£625,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 29 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 29 years.
On years held, 1 Chestnut Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,559
Street avg £2,948
Floor Area
177 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Rednal Island — bus stop.
22 August 2025Most recent
£630,000
+8.6%over 3 years11 November 2021
£580,000
+80.1%over 15 years11 August 2006
£322,000
+198.1%over 10 years26 July 1996
£108,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B45 8AQ: £300,000 (2021–2013).
3 Chestnut Drive Cofton Hackett Birmingham
Sold Oct 2021
5 Chestnut Drive Cofton Hackett Birmingham
Sold Nov 2019
9 Chestnut Drive Cofton Hackett Birmingham
Sold Sept 2019
15 Chestnut Drive Cofton Hackett Birmingham
Sold Jul 2019
2 Chestnut Drive Cofton Hackett Birmingham
Sold Dec 2012
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
B45 8PS
Closest school
1.3 km
Rednal Hill Junior School. 18 schools nearby.
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