Bobtail Cottage is a semi-detached house in Coleshill, Birmingham, Birmingham (B46 1LL). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in December 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £372,000 is 11% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 28.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 144 m² it's 21% larger than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 7 EPCs). Last changed hands 11 years ago, in August 2015. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.
Bobtail Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Formation of dropped kerb, gates and railing
Price for Bobtail Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£372,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 20 years.
£335,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 20 years.
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Bobtail Cottage is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£2,326
Street avg £3,235
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 143 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Gilson Hall — bus stop.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for Bobtail Cottage, Gilson Road, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 1LL
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7 August 2015Most recent
£335,000
+346.7%over 17 years5 September 1997
£75,000
-9.1%over 1 year18 September 1995
£82,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in B46 1LL: £371,570 (2016–2015).
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CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
B46 1BP
Closest school
0.9 km
High Meadow Community School. 14 schools nearby.