17 Boswell Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NB
About 17 Boswell Road
17 Boswell Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Sutton Coldfield (B74 2NB). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump.
At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£512/sq ft) was about 153.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £562,500 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- LoftYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
17 Boswell Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 22 July 2027
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
17 Boswell Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£617,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£562,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 June 2021Most recent
£562,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in B74 2NB: £499,995 (2021–2006).
Nearby sales in B74 2NB
1 Boswell Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NB
Sold Aug 2021
£650,00015 Boswell Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NB
Sold Jan 2017
£650,0005 Boswell Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NB
Sold May 2008
£278,0001a, Boswell Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NB
Sold Feb 2006
£255,0007 Boswell Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NB
Sold Jun 2005
£295,000
Versus other Boswell Road homes
On price per m², 17 Boswell Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,515
Street avg £2,812
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 9.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
101/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Sutton Coldfield Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School. 20 schools nearby.
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