35 Fordwater Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BQ
About 35 Fordwater Road
35 Fordwater Road is a semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B74 2BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 122 m² it's 25.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 16 EPCs). Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £416,000 is 15.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 54.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2022 for £360,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2011PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension to include porch and new pitch roof to the front.
Extension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 11/0616/FL
What's in 35 Fordwater Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BQ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 35 Fordwater Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£416,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 25 years.
£360,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
24 January 2022Most recent
£360,000
+393.2%over 25 years28 July 1996
£73,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B74 2BQ: £285,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in B74 2BQ
28 Fordwater Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BQ
Sold Jan 2025
£320,00024 Fordwater Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BQ
Sold May 2023
£275,0004 Fordwater Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BQ
Sold Mar 2021
£285,0005 Fordwater Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BQ
Sold Nov 2019
£260,00026 Fordwater Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2BQ
Sold Nov 2018
£290,000
Versus other Fordwater Road homes
Floor Area for 35 Fordwater Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,951
Street avg £2,336
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.9 km
Burnett Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lindens Academy. 18 schools nearby.
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