23 Smiths Way is a four-bedroom detached house in Water Orton, Birmingham, Birmingham (B46 1TW). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Birmingham HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 106% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 81% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £510,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
23 Smiths Way's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Sept 2024
23 Smiths Way has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension to dwelling
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 17 years.
£510,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 17 years.
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Price per m² for 23 Smiths Way runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,554
Street avg £2,894
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
Plank Lane — bus stop.
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Certificate of lawfulness proposed use for erection of orangery extension
Full planning data for 23 Smiths Way, Water Orton, Birmingham, B46 1TW
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
8 September 2022Most recent
£510,000
+72.9%over 6 years15 January 2016
£295,000
+12.2%over 10 years8 August 2005
£263,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B46 1TW: £495,000 (2025–2023).
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Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
B46 1BP
Closest school
0.7 km
Water Orton Primary School. 20 schools nearby.