The Chestnuts is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Water Orton, Birmingham, Birmingham (B46 1NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £346,000 is 11.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 16.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £310,000 in September 2019.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
The Chestnuts has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
Works to trees in Conservation area
The Chestnuts valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£346,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 15 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 15 years.
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CO₂ Emissions for The Chestnuts lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,844
Street avg £2,844
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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Listed building consent for proposed new vehicle/pedestrian access, revised car parking arrangements and landscaping scheme
Full planning data for The Chestnuts, Old Church Road, Water Orton, Birmingham, B46 1NJ
4 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
4 September 2019Most recent
£310,000
+77.1%over 14 years4 February 2005
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B46 1NJ: £350,000 (2025–2018).
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Sold Aug 2020
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Sold Sept 2018
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CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
B46 1EJ
Closest school
0.7 km
Water Orton Primary School. 13 schools nearby.