23 New Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Water Orton, Birmingham, Birmingham (B46 1QP). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £607,000 is 31.2% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 25.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 196 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (163 m² median across 19 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 8 years since the last transfer (May 2018).
23 New Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
23 New Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£607,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 16 years.
£462,500
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 16 years.
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23 New Road is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£2,360
Street avg £2,368
Floor Area
196 m²
Street avg 166 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 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
Hargrave Close — bus stop.
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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for 23 New Road, Water Orton, Birmingham, B46 1QP
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30 May 2018Most recent
£462,500
+26.7%over 8 years23 March 2010
£365,000
+78.0%over 8 years22 March 2002
£205,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B46 1QP: £440,000 (2025–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 9.3 t/year
B46 1AD
Closest school
0.5 km
Water Orton Primary School. 12 schools nearby.