2 Orton Cottages is a semi-detached house in Water Orton, Birmingham, Birmingham (B46 1NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: partial demolition approved in 2015. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
2 Orton Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Demolition and rebuild single storey rear building
2 Orton Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£351,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
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2 Orton Cottages outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
172 m²
Street avg 99 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dog Inn — bus stop.
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Full planning data for 2 Orton Cottages, Old Church Road, Water Orton, Birmingham, B46 1NJ
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Median price across the last 5 sales in B46 1NJ: £310,000 (2025–2019).
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Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
B46 1BT
Closest school
0.7 km
Water Orton Primary School. 13 schools nearby.